The Blood & The Bones

it was not a good life
but i had you
and that part was beautiful
the rest was mostly
something like
sorrow
surviving
suffering
but i vowed to always
be a warrior in your eyes
never showing
the way it hurt most days
to simply be
i promised the day i saw your face
to hold this secret close
so very close
for fear
that if you ever found out
when you are older
and able to understand
that you would not know how
to forgive me

LL
the blood & the bones