Your Face

Why did it hurt so much to see your face,
to look into your eyes and see the depth of your pain?
Your face said so much, It was like looking into your soul.
I could see the hopelessness, I could see you were lost.

I wanted to comfort you But I didn't know how.
I was afraid of your sorrow, Knowing it as I know my own.
Still today your face haunts me.
My heart tells me I will lose you, As you are lost to yourself.,

And the anguish awakens my own demons.
I have been where you are, Emptiness overwhelming all else;
Afraid to move on, afraid to look back, Wanting only to be done with it all.
My heart aches for you And for the part of me I hide away.

It hurt so much to see your face, because I saw my own.