Stay
A poem for the days that you feel so alone
the days you feel lost even when you are home
A poem for nights when your tears pierce your pillow
when your head hangs low like an old weeping willow
I want you to know just how perfect you are
like a sweet summer sky with each glowing star
I want you to know and I want you to feel
that the beauty in books is undoubtedly real
I want you to travel and to witness the world
feel the sand in your toes that cause them to curl
I want you to witness vast oceans and seas
To wander through forests and admire the trees
This world that we have has so much to live for
so I beg you please try just a little bit more
I know you are sad and I can’t soothe the pain
there’s fear in the air and a war in your brain
but I love you again and I beg you to stay
because darling without you I won’t last a day.