She Wanted Him To Stay. Poem by Sherayne Rego

There she was. Broken inside.
Smiling like she'd got nothing to hide.
There he was. Almost giving way.
She wanted him to stay.

She didn't need anyone she'd say.
A lie she had believed all the way.
But she knew shewas drowning, all alone.
In the marks that had scarred her soul.

A feeling she never felt before
Came over her even more.
He wiped sadness off her face. Unknowingly,
He had filled all her emptiness.

She wanted to be held. She knew
In his arms she would melt.
All her pain she knew he'd relieve.
She didn't want him to leave.

He needed her as much as she needed him
He replaced her painful drowning with a heavenly swim
He was there every minute, every day.
Looking deep into her eyes,
he promised her he would stay.