violets are blue & so are you

I look at you 

and I can see it in your face,

you think you can hide it 

but I see you-

I see the hurt 

the dark circles beneath your eyes 

and the quiet plea

dancing on your bottom lip,

too afraid to be voiced 

too afraid to be heard

because you're too afraid to get hurt-

And I just want to take you 

and wrap you up in my arms 

hold you, console you 

tell you things that you'll believe 

but you don't seem to believe 

anything anymore- 

So I'll just look at you 

and see the fire within your soul 

and the pain in your fake smile 

and I'll smile back

 and I'll hear the attempted deception 

when you tell me that you're just too tired,

and I'll say me too-

I know you're broke inside,

i can see it, 

Because I love you.