'What I See'

          …What I See…

Why do you not see,
     what's right in front of me?
Why don't you see,
     what I see?
A perpetual radiance,
     hiding itself in darkness.
Darkness that shuns,
     when I try to get close?
Darkness that turns your cheek,
     as I reach in to kiss you?
How do I break through the shadows,
     that hide your heart away?
I want you to see,
     what's right in front of me,
I want you to see,
     what I see.
Let me into the darkness,
     I will show you the light I know is there.
Then let my light in,
     and watch the shadows cease to be.
Please believe in me, just take my hand,
     let me pull you from the darkness.
Then I know you'll see,
     what's right in front of me.
Then I know you'll see,
     what I see.

                   - Brandon T. Sheppard