A Song For The Blind

You said I need to find myself.

Figure out who I am.

So I looked a little closer,

I finally understand.

 

It wasn't that we didn't get along.

It wasn't something one of us did wrong

We were just getting by on laughter

And we'd figure out before long;

 

You know my favorite movies.

You know my favorite songs,

But you didn't care to see

That you didn't know me.

 

You said that I just didn't get it

Wait, Hold on for just a minute,

Even if I didn't understand,

I was always there to hold your hand.

 

I gave you everything

But you always wanted more

I guess I just wasn't the person

That you were looking for.

 

You just wouldn't look closer

I guess the true me was too hard to find.

I guess that's why we're over

And the only thing I mind is

 

You shared my favorite hobbies,

i shared my favorite songs,

But you never cared to see.

That you didn't know me.

 

I tried to let you in deeper,

Maybe you would understand.

You were just sitting on the beach,

toes barely in the sand.

 

But you didn't want to start to get in

Then find out you'd gone too deep.

That you'd found another person

Who you actually wanted to keep.

 

'Cause it is just so easy,

When you can just push them away.

You've had enough practice,

I'm sure you know what to say.

 

You could always find something wrong

In everyone but yourself.

Now I'm just another one in your collection

Of friends you put on the shelf.

 

And in the morning 

It hurts so bad.

When I wake up just to remember

I lost the only thing that I still had.

 

And I shared with you some of my soul

But you were able to just let it go

You may have looked, But you never cared to see

That you just never got to know me.

 

 

Reviews

[Cheryl J. Turner]

I know this feeling! Very well written.