shine

you ask me
how you help me
when you think you don't
even touch me

you wonder
what you do
to make me well again

it's easy

you keep me smiling
every day

you make me laugh
about the most childish
of things

you make me forget
to be careful
of every word

and you let me be me

you don't need to
talk to me
about my hell

i live it

you don't need to
fix what's broken
inside of me

i hide it

you don't need to
carry the weight
on my shoulders

i got it

all you need to do
is look
and listen

laugh
and babble on

be yourself
around me
near me
and beside me

and the shine
of your smile
will see me through
my darkness

to the hope of you
oh
what wonders
your love can do
(shine)