Night After Night

I want to be there for you

To talk about

Whatever it is

That keeps you up at night

The thoughts that run marathons

Round and round inside your head

Until you're completely exhausted

You hold on to silence

Like a shield

Words unspoken

Do no harm

Except to the one

That holds their peace

They tear at you

From the inside out

And yet you still won’t speak

I think you’re afraid

That if you tell me

What you have been thinking

I will argue with you

And try to persuade you

That you are wrong

But I suspect

That it runs even deeper

What you really fear

Is that I won’t put up

Any fight at all

Because I'm weary too

Kept awake

Night after night

Image: The Night-Raven by Vincent-A-Silence

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