She’s drowning in sorrow, when she should be drowning in love

Like a mirror my Love reflects what the World desires to see

She’s smiling when she’s crying

She’s laughing when she’s screaming

She’s joyful when she’s fearful

She’s hopeful when she’s in despair

She’s loving when she’s in agony

She’s even forgiving when she should be hateful

Pull her cords and like a puppeteer plays the marionette she too will follow every command but her own

If my Love could sprout wings and fly off to a distant land

Then I would not regret letting my Love flying freely

And if she can’t then I will be her wings and steal her away high above the sky

Far beyond the moon, sun, and stars

And even if we can’t make it past the moon at least she’ll know that she owns my heart

But because she is chained to her prison like a songbird to its cage

 I only have these precious gifts for my Love to cherish and behold

Smiles not tears

Laughter not screams

Joy not fear

Hope not despair

Love not agony

 Forgiveness not hate

These are the wishes I have granted

The mercy she was never given

For my Love I will pull her out of the trenches of despair

Let her shed every tear that needs to be shed

Even if like a whip those tears strike at my heart

Because I want her to call out the pain and suffering she’s been hiding in the dark

Like one of those secrets swept under a rug

Beneath that bright smile

Disguised by your sweet laughter

And buried in your kind heart

So that when the poisonous clouds that have blinded her eyes finally drifts away

 Like nightmares being pushed out by beautiful dreams

She’ll unveil her eyes and for the first time be able to realize that I have been and always will be there

For her I have spent many of the nights we spent together

 Burning the midnight oil wiping her tears

So that she doesn’t drown in her sorrow

Embracing her into my loving arms

 So that she doesn’t break when she trembles in fear

Like fine china in an earthquake

  Proclaiming in my Lover’s ear with words of love

Like an enchantment cast over her how much I love her.

And when her depression becomes so unbearable that she needs to pop a pill or two

I will not look upon her face in neither disgust nor shame

I’ve seen her at her worst times

Been there for her at her best

 And nothing she's ever done has made me lose love or respect for her

Because it amazes me how strong my woman is

To face her demons every day and instead of opening fire and lashing out at them

My Love greets her enemies with kindness, love, and the kind of mercy you don’t find on earth

I am not ashamed of my Love

In fact I am proud of her

Because she chooses to kill her enemies with kindness

As if she’s actually slaying her demons and cutting down her enemies

With a holy sword she’s named “Kindness”

Together we are stronger than depression

Braver than the loneliness she fears so much

And nothing will ever overcome us as long as we are together

So please Love listen to my pleas

I’m begging you with every bit of soul I have left in me

Put down the blade that kisses your skin ever so sweetly

Arousing in you such blissful pain

And ignore the voices in your head and all around you

That plague you like a disease

Whether they were whispering in your ear or declaring out loud

Like a bullet shot through your heart

That you are worthless and the bastard daughter of Satan

Deserving to be deprived of love and acceptance

All because you were born of your parents’ sin

Because I know you are an Angel sent by God from Heaven

And if you still don’t believe me

Then you are the sweetest sin I’ve ever tasted

For you I’d even sell my soul to the Devil

But when the Devil isn’t looking I’ll thank God

For every second of every day that you are with me

Because out of all the potential choices I had

He pointed out for me the right answer.