I Cannot Tell You 

I am sorry
I cannot tell you
How things would change
Until we are there
And when they have already

I am sorry
I cannot prepare
And have no clue
How it would make me
Or you - feel

But I love you
For asking
And needing to know
And loving all of us enough
To wonder now

And I love you
For being there
And for letting me cry
Holding me when I shake
And not telling me to stop

I am sorry
I cannot tell you
When I’ll stop crying
But can only say
How much I love you 



Copyright 2004 ~ Jill M. Schneider