If Only You Could Be Me for a Moment
Sometimes I wish
You could step in my shoes
For just a little while…
To think what I think;
To see what I see;
To feel what I feel;
To understand the confusion,
The fear, the admiration, and
The friendship I feel toward you…
All at once.
If you were able to live
Inside my mind, even for a moment,
You would see that my world is
Filled with so many responsibilities,
Yet so often my thoughts are of you.
You would see what joy
You’ve brought to my life
You would see how much it means to me
To be able to smile, to laugh,
To feel good, to feel free,
Like a child…..
Just because of you
If you had a chance to take
The smallest glimpse inside of me,
You would see gratitude and respect….
Respect not to only for what
You are making of yourself
But also for what you are helping me to be
And you would see how much all of that means to me
But the thing that would
Strike you most…
If ever you had the chance to be me….
Would be all the love I feel for you.
And once you felt it,
You would always remember it,
And you would understand that,
Although I am not always able to express it
Or explain its depth or importance to me,
It’s always there…..inside of me…
