In a Dark Cave

I see the unseen
knife twist in your gut.

It slices into me as well,
a pale shadow to yours,
but I feel it just the same.

If I could take it all I would,
to eliminate what you feel.
from sunrise to sunset.

I admire your strength,
I cry at times
I love it so.

Your torments deserve accolades but instead you
just get more of the same pain
day after day.

I wish I could name your enemy,
put form to the intangible,
call out your pain to the floor
and wrestle into submission.

I dream of being a knight,
 riding out to the field to slay the dragon
that breathes its fire into you
from afar.
I would cut off its head and stab it
through its evil heart.

But your pain is hidden,
in a dark cave it dwells deep.
I have no torch bright enough
to enter its depths to pull the
foul beast out.

So I will sit,
I will watch,
I will console
The night with you
next to the fire in your embrace.

and I will simply wait.