My spirit saw it
before I did
That's when I
first loved you

Somehow I knew
You too
had the wound

And I had hope
that this festering;
untreated thing

could find relief
Could live again
and see that I
was truly a friend

The dark in you
wore an ebony glaze
deep in the eyes
that tried to evade
my gaze

But you know
I saw that place
and few others
knew the reason

My heart heard
your desperate words
that you
never said

This is the why
That seemingly crazy
moment;

when it rained
and you were alive
and I saw past
your skin

to the girl inside