i never understood
"He gives and takes away"
until today.
pensively isolated
and feverishly aware
of the pull on my mind,
i was honest that night
and you are too.
i asked you
to take it away.
take it away.
take it away.
being that you are who you are
you were able to do much more:
you took it away.
but you gave something too.
and i cried and cried
that you gave me you.
and now i know.
