unappreciated

These years have not kept us close
but kept you in my life
to enter into and disapear from
the moments inbetween
You have been the truth
when I chose to believe the lies
you have been the voice
that spoke to my deaf ears
your words have been the confessions
that I refused to accept
you were always the honesty
that I sought in the wrong places
and only recieved false pretences
when you were never anybody else
except yourself
You lingered when I pushed you away
to make place for heartache
you never left me
when I left you for a mistake
There was never a time
when you would not save me
from my own destruction
and the intentions of the world
I never wanted to believe I needed to be rescued
from the life that I chose
until the pain opened my eyes
and took off the mask
I could see through the pretend
see who I was and who I would never be
The ignorance left me
to reveal the reality
that you had always been there
in the shadows of my existence
keeping me in your concern
I see you now
the way I never have before
and you enter into my life