Witnessing

Please just hold me. Please stay with me. This new love is so heavy to carry. Stay as I break. Sit with me in the fire of my pain. Don’t be afraid to feel it with me. To face it with me. My pain holds me now — I need you to hold it too. It is my love. My everything. Please don’t turn away. Hold it — gently. Cherish it. It’s mine, and now it’s yours too. Stay with me in the fire. One day it won’t hurt, but it will keep us warm. Let this burning love be seen. Let it soften so we can dance — in the warmth it will always give. Please hold me. Please see me. I am here. Love is here.