Please.
Look at me.
Look into my eyes and know
that you are not alone.
That I love you.
That I would give anything
to fix you.

I don't know
what you are looking for.
Why can't you see
that what you're looking for
has been here
all along.
Waiting.
Longing.

I want to enclose you into my arms.
I want you to press your cheek to my shoulder
and just collapse
and know that it's okay,
because I'm here.
And I love you more than
I love myself.

I know it's completely
irrational
to love you like this.
But I can't explain why
I feel this way about you.
You've pushed me away
so many times.
And you continue to keep pushing.

You're intoxicating.

You say you're lonely
and that you will keep looking
until you find
Her.

Why can't you see
that I could be that person
for you.
Why can't you see.

You say you need help.
I try to give it to you,
and you decline it.

Someday,
I will have to leave you
behind.
I can only stay close by your side
for so long.
I continually get
rejected.

But I love you.
I love you so much.
I want to reach through this computer screen
and snatch you up
and keep you here.
Safe.
I can keep you safe.
I can protect you from
the demons that haunt your dreams.
Because I have those demons,
too.
And I've learned
to block them out of me.
They can't hurt me anymore.
And they won't hurt you
either.

So please.
Just look at me.