My Dearest Friend

I’ll love you always
Though we may not be lovers
Our hearts not meeting in that way
Your friendship no less special
Filling my heart with warmth
A soul inspired

You have touched my life
With your kindness and sensitivity
Your heart so full of love
A friendship so easily given
To the truest of souls

I share my life with you
A person so understanding
Filled with joy and laughter
But also sadness and pain
That comes from knowing a broken heart
And dreams left unfulfilled

Hopefully, many years from now
We’ll still be friends
Sharing in our life stories
Over a cup of coffee
Our hearts full of warmth
For the bond we share

This Body of Mine

There are times I feel trapped

Trapped by this body of mine

That doesn’t work as it should

A brain damaged

By a premature birth

Weeks spent in a glass cage

Without even the warmth

The warmth of my mother

There are days I long to be free

To fly away from my life

Longing to know the feeling

That only freedom brings

These chains wrapped around me

That bound me to the earth

Every movement is an effort

A challenge to be faced

Finding an inner strength

Just to make it through the day

And does anyone really understand?

The effort it takes to stand

Life is a struggle

A fight until the end

Not letting my body win

But I’m no boxer in the ring

I can’t do this on my own

I don’t want to be alone

I need reasons to keep fighting

Keeping the wheelchair at bay

Not wanting the easy path

But there are times

I feel like giving in

Letting my disability win

Stop Loving You

I wish I could stop loving you

Turn these feelings off
No more tears to cry
Trying to live a lie
With this my painted smile
Facing my toughest trial
 
I wish this was as easy
As you seem to think it should be
Unaware of the spell you cast
On this my fragile heart
Lost in the blueness of your eyes
Unable to see truth or lies
 
I’m lost in the sorrow
Of what will never be
Wishing I could forget
The truth and beauty of you
But you shine so brightly
As I dream of you nightly
 
I wish I could stop loving you
As I pick my heart up off the floor
Knowing it’s time to move on
Trying somehow to forget
While knowing this to be true
I’ll always love you
 
Will I find someone like you?
Touching me so deeply
Forever changing the man I am
With a heart so full of kindness
That these tears of sorrow
Won’t be gone tomorrow