You Are Always There

You are always there when I need you Hiding behind the scene until your due There are times when you are not even a thought Not a glimmer is caught The joy that surrounds me causes you fear You prefer not to be near Things move at a gentle pace Time holds promise firmly in place We know that this feeling surely will sway The happiness of the moment will eventually give way If you would only leave me alone If you can’t watch, then please go home We both know you are due For you despise when there is no thought of you Then you appear The darkness seeps into the atmosphere The joy diminishes in deliberate fashion Taking with it any sense of passion You are close to me and need to own me Darken my thoughts and pull me to sea You are always there, even if I don’t want you You are not my friend, with the darkness you spew You can’t bear to see me happy and at peace You are always in the background ready to release