You're Just Like Me.

I wrote this in I think, 2006. At first, I didn't even recognise it and who this was for. It took me a while to firgure out that I'd actually written it, not just copy and pasted it from somewhere.

I am listening, but I cannot hear.
My eyes are open but I cannot see.
You are so close, and yet so far.
How can I not notice, you are just like me.
We are all the same, we are all just waiting to be heard.
But our turn may never come,
We may just be lost in the crowd.

It's not that we don't want to notice,
It's not that we don't care,
But we're not looking for those feelings,
We don't want to find them there.
You are so strong, so trusting and so true,
There was never a moment I thought I needed to doubt you.
But you are like me in that way,
You never show what your heart wants to say.

You were my fort,
My pillar of strength.
The smiles, the laughter,
That's where I put my faith.

But you smile was a cover,
Your laughter a cry.
And when I finally figured that out,
I just wanted to die.

How could I be so blind,
To not see your fear and dout.
You needed to be rescued,
That's what this was all about.

How could I be so stupid
That I couldn't see this coming.
Do you see me now?
Can you see me running?

No - I will be here, your pillar of strength
Standing tall & strong
Because you've been here for me
You've been there all along.