Unspoken Gratitude
Today I found out
that some people still care
and somehow I believe
in the feelings they'd shared,
even though I'd assumed
they'd rather look away,
that they're shaking their heads,
that they've nothing to say.
Did they know I'd be sober?
Its two months today
that I drank that last beer,
threw the emptys away.
Then she tells me she's thinking
about me each day
and my heart starts to break..
I don't know what to say.
Then the next thing she says
lights my soul like a candle
"God won't put on your shoulders
what you can't handle."
I know she's sincere..
I've taken her for granted.
God help me to water
the seed that she's planted.
Someday I must thank her
for being sincere
and for still having hope
where I only had fear.
I will try to forget
how I gave in again,
even though I knew I
could not win in the end.
And the years that I've wasted
preserving my pride
because I am so selfish selfish..
a master of lies.
So tonight I'll lay here
all alone in this bed
but I won't take a drink..
I believe what she said
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