Know

I want you to know

You’re not invisible.

I can see you,

Gaze into your tattered soul

And relate to your pain.

I want you to know

I’m aware you miss the melody of laughter

That you long for carefree silence.

I want you to know

I harbor the utmost respect for you

That I want to embrace you protectively.

I want you to know

We’re not different you and I,

That I’m aware life’s cruel fingers are more tightly wrapped around you.

I want you to know

You’re beautiful.

That your courage has exceeded the limits of my possibility.

I want you to know

I anger at myself when I treat you badly,

My insecurities mask my sincere intentions.

I want you to know I am sincerely, completely and devotedly sorry.