Eyes that Can See Through This

And you call me on the telephone
To tell me that it's over
That you can't stand to be alone
That you can't handle being alive
And you tell me you're calling
just to say goodbye
But I know that you're calling to say
you can't help feeling this way
That you're tired of this
And all you can see
Is nothingness
And me
Some days I wonder
How I became a beacon
In your dark
Existence
But I am not afraid of you
And darkness is nothing new
To me
I am not frightened
by your pain
I am not afraid
Of anything
I have eyes that can see through this
I can walk across the abyss
In you
And you might stumble and fall
But you will hear me call
And I will say
"You know you're not meant
to go out this way."
And really that's all friends are for
To remind us of who we are
To tell us life is not so bleak
That we can't afford
to be so weak
And I know
the demons that chase your heart
They chew you up and
Try to tell you who you are
In all the wrong ways
And you are stronger
than your own self-hatred
You are stronger than what eats you inside
You are better than those who scorn you
And you no longer have to hide
Yourself

ily, 2003