You try to reach out to me
to help me
I see it in your troubled- burdened eyes
Hear it in the fragile- desperate tone of your voice
the slump of your shoulders
It never works
yet you still try
and your faith keeps me going.
Your (un)wavering love has become my lifeline-
the unbreakable bond that grounds me,
because I could not bear the guilt of your pain
and I sometimes wonder what would happen without it.

You try to reach out to me
but you still don't understand
I hear it in the harmful words you meant to be kind
I feel it in the gentle push forward that has me falling ******* the ground
and I try to reach out
to meet you halfway,
I really do-
but how could you understand
when I don't understand it myself.
I wonder if I ever will, if you ever will
but I know you'll keep trying
and so will I