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Helpless, desperate, wanting to help.
Questioning, wondering, unsure of myself.
How can I aid you during a time of strife
when I have no idea of my place in your life?
We are not lovers, but feel like more than just friends.
We’ve been close for a while, but aren’t ones who spend
time together with frequency, yet we talk all the time
and everyone knows you’re always on my mind.
I feel your pains as strongly as if they were my own,
yet I don’t know what to do while you struggle all alone.
I want so much to help, to heal, to comfort, to protect
but I don’t know if it’s wanted, desired, or even if you’ll let
me show you how it feels to have someone at your back
there to hold you up, even while others attack
you from the front and side and every which way.
I hope you know that I’m here all through the day
ready, willing, waiting to be just what you need.
When you call I will answer with the greatest of speed,
but I don’t think you trust that my motives are real.
Take a moment, don’t think or analyze, just feel
the warmth of the love I’m sending your way.
Believe with your heart that I’m here with you to stay.
I know you’ve been hurt many times in the past.
I know you’ve had others where you thought love would last.
I know you’ve faced times where you were left all alone
I know you’ve been left without one to call your own
I know you have more reasons than I could ever count
for why it is so much easier to believe all your doubt
than to believe that I am different, that my motives are sincere.
I’m trying so hard to show you, to tell you, but you can’t hear
the words I say with an open mind and heart
and I cannot seem to conquer the distance we’re apart
largely because I don’t know what it is you want
or if it’s even possible to defeat the ghosts that haunt
you – the memories of others who linger
in the corners of your mind, like a string around your finger
destined to remind you of things you’d like to forget.
But I’m here for keeps – I swear I’m a guaranteed safe bet.
Yet I know that these are words – simple, plain and true.
But you’ve heard plenty of words before, only to have them betray you.
It’s my actions that I hope will truly stand the test of time.
My simple act of being here will clearly show that I’m
not someone who will hurt you, run, abandon, go.
I’m quite unique. Different. Unlike anyone you know.
Standing with you comes easy to me – not because I’m rare,
but because I learned long ago that is how you show you care
for someone in whom you choose to invest your time
I want to be part of your life and for you to be part of mine.
Yet the Fates have not made the path between us clear.
So while what we are remains fuzzy, still you are so dear
to me that I’d sacrifice many things to demonstrate and prove
how sincere my dedication is, despite the fact that you’ve
not given a clear indicator – not any kind of sign
that I am more than a passing thought running through your mind.
What puzzles me most is that despite the complete lack of clarity
there is no question of how important you are to me.
So although I cannot know right now exactly how you feel
or precisely how to help you survive through your ordeal
I realize the best thing I can do is simply to be here –
as a friend, as a confidante, as a shoulder, as an ear.
I will do my best to support you just by being me
and hope with all my heart and soul that you will come to see
just how honest and true my words have always been
and that the secret to long term love starts with just a friend.
