Shadows

by Becky

Waiting, wishing,
hoping you'd care,
but even with my return,
your feelings are bare.

You've concealed the hurt,
believed in lies,
I'd probably lose count,
of the nights you've cried.

I know you're still there,
somewhere inside,
but I see a stranger before me,
when I look in your eyes.

I've lost too much,
I've given my life,
though I had no idea,
it would cost me my wife.

How can you stand there,
pretending it's gone,
as much as you try,
it sounds all the more wrong.

You live for the moment,
I live for us,
because you can't get past,
that web of distrust.

If you'd only stop running,
and face your fears,
talk this over,
shed some more tears.

I won't give up,
that much is true,
in our time apart,
my love for you grew.

So here I wait,
with a mask of sorrow,
hoping today,
will shed light on tomorrow.

You're only denying,
what you all too well know,
and I'm not moving,
I've got nowhere to go.