No matter how far I sit in the shadows
or the distance from in them I came
you have always listened and reached out
even on days when I’ve cursed my own name
….
Like Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
you’re always there, always the same
wipe away tears, tell I’m good enough
even when the rules have changed in the game
….
I can always make you out in the dark
always see you, no matter how hard in rains
The demons that haunt me, the ones that taunt me
they don’t bother you, nor does my pain….
….
You’re never afraid to speak yourself clean
never afraid when I circle the drain
You cry with me, hold on with me
we look together, you assure me it won’t stain…
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and it never has, because of you
never will, you chase away the blue…
you’re the vine I reach for when the rapids increase
you’re the rung I reach for when the hold has been breached
you’ve saved my life more times than I can count
I hope I’m your life preserver just once if your troubles mount….
…..
forever always there like minerals under crawling streams
like ancient sands on the beach reflecting the sun’s sheen
like the mountains that only disappear when they themselves decide it’s time
like the sky, always there, always beautiful, always mine…..