LOVE

I don't know how to tell you
that I need your love and care
I've been trying to get you to realize
the depth of my despair.

I know I can be strong enough
alone, to face my demons down
but a hand from you, some notice
could turn my life around.

As a child, I pined for you
but never quite spoke up
a young woman swiftly growing
silently begging to be filled up.

But, alas, I found acceptance elsewhere,
in others found my rest
but still I felt abandoned
rejected, so much less

I don't know why I was never
good enough to deserve
the love that you had promised
the love I never earned

Simply turn around!
Silently I screamed to you
and show me I am worth your time
so I can believe it's true!

but with no sorrow or remorse
you walked across my shame
and left me broken behind you
to fend for my own name.

and now adulthood firmly seized
I try to make sense of the past
I try to learn from all the questions
I didn't know how to ask

You'd think by now the wounds were healed
that dark time since has gone
but time and time again I find
I feel empty and alone.