I Forgot What to Say

Somewhere along the way 

I forgot what to say 

I stand there 

Open mouthed 

And empty 

How do you respond 

To something that wounds you? 

What do you say?

I cannot walk away 

I cannot leave

But somehow I can't stay 

So I stand 

Tense 

And empty 

Knowing that in a moment

I'll have to start forgiving you 

Else we wouldn't be friends 

I push away the hurt 

So I stand 

Eyes closed

Praying for patience 

How many times have you done this 

for me? 

I can't even imagine 

I cannot walk away 

I cannot leave

So I stand 

Heart open 

And hurting 

But we're freinds 

and I won't walk away 

So here's my heart 

It's going to hurt sometimes 

We're going to need patience 

but please 

please 

don't leave me 

There's a lot of joy here to 

And I can't wait to share it with you