His eyes were the windows into his soul
They expressed everything he felt although his emotions took a toll
He never spoke of the pain and war that raged inside
He only showed me when I'd look into his eyes
They were the windows that granted me access to his mind
I was consumed with the want to save you from yourself
That I never saw that your eyes had been mirrors for how I felt
Don't you see, they were no longer the window to your inner feelings and thoughts
They were the mirror that you and I both needed, to see how hard I fought
You needed to know someone was finally on your side
And I needed to see how I had found a man who was willing to let our love live rather than die
I had never had that before
Someone who put me first and valued me to my core
So for him I would fight to save him against the war that raged inside
Because he helped me when I was losing mine and could no longer try
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Dear John: The Words I Could Never Say
PoetrySometimes we cry in silence because the words we want to scream would break us if we spoke them. In this book I have compiled the poems, I poured my heart and soul into when my lips didn't dare speak a word of what my heart so badly wanted to say. S...
