Freedom
Kristin Renee Taylor

Have I ever told you that I loved you?
Have I ever told you how much I cared?
Have I ever said "Thank you for accepting me;
"For letting me come to you with my true self bared?"

Did you know you changed me internally?
Did you know that, to you, I can't lie?
Did you know that I can honestly say,
"It's because of you that I did not die?"

How could you tell I was hurting inside?
How could you tell I was blue?
How could you see past the walls I had built,
Cradle my shattered soul and say "I love you?"

I will never be able to say this straight out
Though, perhaps, one day I will try.
You're helping me, holding me, letting me heal,
And because of you I know I'll soon fly.