Shimmering Sliver

Silently I stare into your eyes As if standing face to face before a looking glass I recognize the struggle within your heart and your mind I see the pain you have suffered as it often mirrors mine I find myself reaching through my own pain To try to soothe you so that maybe one day you will believe in love again I see so much promise so much warmth Like a shimmering sliver of hope Feeling these feelings so foreign In which I thought only existed in a childhood story How I long to Speak the words that I never thought I would again be able to say I wish I could tell you I need you and that I want you to stay For now I will just linger And keep these words beneath the pillow where I lay my head to sleep at night Like whispered secrets locked in a raindrop Awaiting release as it splashes against the window pane