You Say

You say to call if I'm on the ledge

But you don't answer when I call

You ask what's wrong when I'm quiet

But get upset if I say

You want the details when you see my tears roll

but then you wish you didn't know

You say you can't help if you don't know

But the truth is

you can't help anyway

You haven't lived the life I've lived

You haven't been where I've been

You can't understand when I try to explain

You've never experienced being in the military

You don't think like I think

You're mind hasn't been trained like my mind has

You get upset when I talk because you say that you love me

But you get upset when I don't talk because you say that you love me

I wish you would just hold me

I wish that you could just sit in silence with me

I don't want you to carry my pain

I don't need you to fix me

I just need you to let me be me

I just need you to love me

I just need you