time takes care of the wound so i can believe.
you had so much to give, you thought i couldn't see. gifts from boot heels to crushed promises deceived. i had to send it away to bring us back again. your eyes and body brighten silent waters deep. your precious daughter in the other room, asleep.
a kiss goodnight from every stranger that i meet. i had to send it away to bring us back again. morning theft, a pretender left, ungrateful.
true self is what brought you here, to me.
a place where we can accept this love.
friendship battered down by useless history,
unexamined failure.
what am I still to you?
some thief who stole from you?
or