why
why
why
why
why
I don’t know why I ask
but yet I do
no others care
no others do
I fight this battle
I fight alone
no others fight
they fear the truth
and yet I lie open
set for pain and destruction
you swing your blade
I want watching
I knew it was coming
but I let you hit
because I trust
because I care
because I am the one who is still there
all others have left,
but I have stayed,
yet I am still hated
yet I am still broken
and then when I heal, you hate that to
you hate my happiness
you want me to hate you
I wont you know,
to your regret
cuz I still care,
even though you hate
my blood flows fresh
from your wound so deep
I let it fall
does what you did make you any better?
from betraying me do you gain strength?
power? friendship?
I know I am there more then others are,
yet I am still the one you drive the dagger in
the axe the sword, seem to be my only friends,
you hit me with them so much,
then say it was the other man
don’t you think I know what was meant
don’t think hiding from me will make me blind
I see what happened when no others did
don’t ask me why I am what I am,
you already know
and yet you still swing at me.
let me bleed, cuz you cant face yourself
you cant do it alone
and you hate me cuz I do
I have no choice
I do what I have to do
as do you
so quit hating me
quit lying to me
start trusting
see how many times I have hurt you since I told you
try seeing that when told what path I needed to follow, I stayed on it
 I might have strayed a little,
but I have been its most frequent traveler
so don’t get mad because I am willing to try
 

Richard DeLong
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