This verse isn’t about sex or love, <br />no, no you know it’s sweet and good, <br />tell me what keeps you up at night, <br />tell me why you’re so full of fright, <br />don’t say it’s the surrounding neighbourhood, <br />what makes you think you’re misunderstood? <br />Did someone hurt you? <br />If so, what did they do? <br />Are you ill or have some form of injury? <br />Is this what makes you lash out in fury? <br />Maybe you’re trapped in a nightmare, <br />and it’s all to much for you to bear, <br />there is no need to lock yourself in a prison cell, <br />just remember I’m here, if you need someone to tell, <br />I can take it, for we’re going steady, <br />so please confide in me when you’re ready… <br /> <br />Did they say you’re bland and uninteresting? <br />Then let me tell you that they’re only jesting, <br />please don’t fall in to your pit again, <br />let me help you unburden the pain, <br />you don’t have to cut us all out, <br />just tell me what this is all about. <br />I am not your family, spouse or heir, <br />but you know deep down that I care. <br />Have you wasted your entire fortune? <br />Is that what makes you stare at the moon? <br />There is no need to keep it to yourself, <br />contained within your world of stealth, <br />don’t tell the whole world to go to hell, <br />for I’m here when you think you can tell, <br />I can’t help you until you tell me, <br />so here I am; when you’re ready…<br /><br />Dale Mullock<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-you-re-ready-3/
