What I Want You to Know

When my words fail me, when I hide

Behind walls, when I retreat

To the safety of my thoughts - 

I struggle to show you the love

That is always present in my heart,

That is always desiring to be expressed

But never thoroughly can.

And so I hope, in a place beyond words,

Beyond the awkwardness of my body,

Beyond what I struggle to show - 

That you can know, and trust,

My love. Like how the sunlight streams

Through the window to warm your face,

Or how to the rain quietly taps on the window

To soothe your fears - my love may be shown

In other forms, but I am always here,

Holding you tenderly in my arms.