Reach

Scream at me if you must

Hate me if you have to

But don't give up on me

Keep talking

Stand with me in the fire

Stephen Pursell, late 1998

Work with me

The real you

Let's hold on and keep dancing

Help me learn to accept you

Listen to the note of my love

I hate these voices between us

Help me cut them away

I hate this

And fight back to place where we connect

I love you, I love you

To remember what matters

I want to know how

Help keep me humble

Come be whole with me

So I'm reaching for you

I have them too

And maybe truly shouldn't

What if it's something you need freedom from?

A face of you I do not know how to love

In my imperfection, sometimes I only see

But it's hard

I am trying to let you do the same

I am trying to live what I believe

While leaving room to grow

To allow what I believe to deepen, fill out