Let Me In

I went inside you
That night lying there holding your hand.
I felt your life unfold in front of me.
Your eyes seemed to tell it all.
You looked at me.
Puppy dog eyes crying out to me.
To save you from the pain.
The pain you had never shared with me
Each time I asked what was wrong.
You just broke down crying to yourself.
Never explaining.
But here we lie and I can see it all in your eyes.
The nights lying in bed alone.
No one to help ease the pain.
And now here I am
Waiting for you to fall apart in my arms.
Letting all of it go.
Sharing those feelings of self ashame.
The feelings of nothingness you felt and still feel.
Your eyes
Those eyes
Those tears you shed.
Falling for the millionth time
For the first time
Let me in.
Let me rest there in the pain with you.
I'll bring you back from that place.
Hand in hand
Soul in soul
We'll come healed and safe
Safe from the undenialable demons you face.
I want to be the one that joins you in the afterlife.
The one you run for when you feel unsafe.
Ashamed.
Of all that has happened.
All that is going to happen.
Let me in your eyes.
Those eyes.
Those tears you shed.
Falling for the millionth time.
For the first time.
Let me in.