with a smile on your face

as I look into your eyes

all I see is pain

it's hurting me

I reach for your hand

but you pull away

so we stand in perfect silence

how do I tell you that

your pain is safe with me

that I'm here now

and it's going to be okay

and I'm not going anywhere

that I would give up anything

even my life

for you to stop hurting

for you to see the value

in life

for you to want to live

and not be forced to

you don't have to hide your pain

not from me

I know you have heard this

from many people who have left

I want you to trust me though

I need you to trust me

for you, I would walk through Hell

and back

I can't sit here

and watch you fade away

as the days go by

because now that I have met you,

I don't want to ever lose you.

-Arlo