i can only
watch as the
sobs tear
you apart,

i can only
look on
as your
tears, angry,
confused, scared,
sad, regretful,
fall down
their familiar path
i try to
wipe some of
them dry but
you never seem
to run out of them

tell me
your worries,
i'll try to
appease them
show me
where you hurt
most, i'll do
what i can to
soothe them, if i can
give me some
of your pain,
that yours
would somehow lessen. . .

we will always
have these moments,
when having just me
may not seem enough

just tell me when they come
and i will remind you
why i am all that you need
and i'll tell you again
why you are more than
i have ever hoped for,
more than what i thought
i wanted. . .