A Bridge over Troubled Water

In winter, as in the spring, and like the summer,

I have been there for you.

Whether rock or stone or bridge over troubled water,

My shoulders are yours to cry on.

My hands—no matter how broken—I give to you.

Lord knows I haven’t got much, But if you needed it

I’d give it.

There is little else in this world we can give one another,

For there is little else in this world we covet most.

But the touch of hands, the press of arms, the presence of body.

These are the gifts I can give without pause.

I will never be able to mend your broken dreams,

Nor will I ever know how to soothe those pains deep inside of you.

But I can promise you I will be there.

I can promise you you’ll never have to be alone.

I will never know how to say “I Love you” the way you need it,

But I can tell you “I’m here”,

And I can mean it.

In winter, as in the spring, and like the summer,

I will always be here for you.

 

 

In life, there are many things within our power to change. We can change our appearance, our location, our opinions, our tastes, virtually anything if we have the mind to do it. But Like Love, there is something else we cannot change—though we try. We have no power of those we need most. Even if we try isolating ourselves from anyone we might grow to Love, we cannot change those that understand us deeply. If we could, there would always be pieces of ourselves we kept hidden. But as it turns out, there is always someone born with the eyes to see right into our very existence and see us for who we are. They are the people we lean on, and the people we hold to when life is beyond our control. They are our rocks. Even when a mother should be her son’s rock, I find myself holding her up when she falls down.

 

I’m sorry.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there when you needed me.

I’m sorry I didn’t know how to say the right thing.

I’m sorry I fell down.

But my shoulders are only so strong, and my hands already so broken.

I’m sorry.

 

"What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear."