I Failed

Trying to understand a lover and come to grips with differences

I Failed

I thought

My presence

Would salve your fear

Temper your bitterness

 

I thought

My attentions

Would save your lungs

Rekindle you’re ventures in the out of doors

 

I thought

My hands-on love

Would open your heart to the world

And to me

 

It didn’t

 

In your mind

In your body

In your heart

Lies a fear

And a bitterness

I cannot penetrate

Or understand

 

And it makes me feel a failure

In my most intimate giving

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