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All I Cannot Tell You
Finally I learnt how to grieve you,
And how to write the lyrics to this song of sorrows,
But in doing so I realised I simply cannot do it correctly,
Because you were more than words to me,
You were more meaningful than any message I could've sent you,
And you were more beutiful than you were known for,
I thought finally I had learnt how to see you,
And how to handle emotions of yours I couldn't comprehend,
But maybe in seeing less of you I was wrong,
Because it's easier to see a smaller picture,
and to listen for less than you know,
It's sweet ignorance I grew fond of, this message I send to you,
You were more than you knew,
And had I known, I would've fought you with kindness and even,
cleaned up the wounds from when you lost the battle,
And I had known, and I rewarded you with praise, and like a cat,
tried to lick clean of the blood that haunted you,
And I thought finally you were washed clean,
And reborn from the cracks I'd known you grew from
But in your purity I was witnessing death, not birth,
Because you had always fought so hard, and never been favoured,
Because I am selfish I miss you, and perhaps wish you back into,
pain to be with me,
You were more than I knew