If Only I Could Give Back

How do I begin, when I don’t want this to end? An apology is my start Please accept it from my heart Like yours, it is broken apart Walking alone I carry these thoughts Of a woman I adore, a woman I love, so madly in love Though I can feel your anger Like a burn to my soul Your husband I wish still to be Always there by your side Despair I can see, trapped inside your aching heart Oh to wish it free My wife My life you are My friend, I care My God I pray If only I could give back What you know I have taken Would I be forsaken? Like a cry from the cross It meant nothing It was over, before it began Oh how my trust has left… Like a shadow at dusk, it bleeds away… Dying with every breath we take With every step I take I hold out, I reach out To wipe your tear You’re my light You are my guiding soul You’re all I know, and yet Our child may never know This father to be The child you carry The child you have nurtured How can a man be so wretched? But I pray this simple note Will find some way to heal your heart To put a smile on those lips And let it kiss that hurt 30 August 2014