I want someone
Just one person
To talk to me
The way that I need
To listen
To be there for me
Who won't judge
For the way I am
How I got to be this way
Who is comprehensive enough
To acknowledge the obvious cries of tears That have been falling inside
Silently
For so many years
Alone
All this time
I need one person
To genuinely care
Who understands
That an empathetic ear
Is like a touch of a tender hand
I have so much I want to reveal
About so many things that I have kept near
Yet I don't dare trust another
Because every single time I do
There's many more reasons why not to
I need one person
To not pull away when I push
Someone to stand still
Long enough
To read my pain
But everyone doesn't read the same
Been let down so much
I guess I just
Got used to the pattern
Of such
Cowardly people
I try not to get hurt first
I harbor all these emotions
It's not a secret
I'm a private person
That is how I'd like to keep it
Until someone
JUST ONE PERSON
Comes along
Makes me feel like
I can release all of this weight
Off my shoulders
Someone who will wait
For the tears to dry
To melt away
So that I
Can breathe again
Finally see
The shadow of who I used to be
Peeking from the clouds
Permanent atmosphere
Surrounding me
Transforming me
Unfortunately
Just one person
All I need
All I want
Who I can trust
It's simple really
Am I asking too much
I guess I'll keep waiting for
Just one person
To finally come through
To show me
That there is someone who will be there
Proving there is compassion somewhere
Wishing and hoping for
Someone
Just one person
Worth giving myself to wholeheartedly
Trusting
Commited
Devoted
Terrified
To give parts of me away
Because I know in the end
I will only get played
Patterns are truth
History repeats
So if there is someone listening
Just one person
Please know that I'm writing this
For we both have only one wish
Just one person
Is what I would be for you
©shandilace
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