Submissions by nik

Friends are hope to hold you close
A rope to hold you steady.
A hug when wanted
And space when needed
Friends will hold you tight

Friends are laughs to light the day
A sunshine in your life
A breath of air
And sadness departed
Friends will make you smile

Friends are chats to pass the time
An opinion when you need it
A comment on who’s loving who
And who looks good at parties
Friends will keep you sane

A friend is always there for you
And everyone deserves a friend
So don’t let go, don’t hold too tight...

I don’t know what to say
To tell you how I feel
When anything I say
Could make you run from me

I don’t know how to tell you
That what I feel inside
Has simmered out of sight
For years it’s tried to hide

I don’t want you for your body
Though I’d gladly make it mine
I want you for the way you are
The way you make me feel

I take you for the laughs and jokes
For all the midnight chats
I even take you for the rows
The way we fight like cats

The passions always there
In one way or another
I’ve bared my heart...

Walls of adamant around the mind,
To hide my thoughts from sight.
No thoughts, no feelings, on the outside show
No way to spread the pain.

But what of me? What of my pain?
Or is it true pain at all?
I have no right to feel it, when nothing has ever caused it
When others feel much worse than I, it cannot be true pain

Not pain then, although it hurts
But still I will not show,
How I feel inside my head
So no one will ever see

And none shall know, and none shall see
And none shall feel the pain, but me.