You don't know there is a me in the world

And maybe that will always be true

But I hear your tears from here 

And I can't explain why

Yet I wish I knew 3 reasons to make you smile

I've spent the initial wave of pain in hiding

Bandaged the puncture wounds

Stitched the shallow cuts

There's deeper ones that time will mend but never quite heal 

They'll never know the memories you fall asleep to

When your only choices break your soul

Being dragged away on dug in heels from everything you want

The hallow in your gut from the loss of faith in all you hold close

I remember not to remember

But the tears forget to forget