To The One I Love
If you were the sunshine-
I was proud to be your shadow,
following you around,
learning and fascinated by you.
Your elegant words,
like candy for my brain,
make me miss you;
make me miss the times we shared.
You are a brilliant light,
shining fervently inside my soul.
Your light shines on my path,
makes it easier for me.
I emulate you not because I want to be you-
just because I want to make you proud.
My life’s goal.
I care not if the rest of the world is proud;
only you…
who taught me all I know,
forced me to open my mind,
to see with the eyes of a child
everything bright and new.
You gave me the yearning to know more,
taught me that there is an outlet
for this psychosis
that would destroy me otherwise.
You are not to blame
for those things that happened.
If anything at all
you were my shield from the hurt.
You protected me
more than you’ll ever know.
Took all of the suffering-
including my share
My bright shining star,
don’t you know, my darling dear,
you gave me wings to fly!
You gave me light to shine
just as brightly as you do.
