TP Sage (March 24,1958 / Coral Gables, Florida)

If I say to you...
I already understand.
Will you hide a laugh
and turn away?
Or will you nod
then gently smile,
and ask what else I have to say.

If I say...
I know the answers.
Will you ask me what the questions are?
Or, will you stop
and watch my eyes
to see if I realize
that answers aren't what's hard.

Even if I say...
I may know nothing.
Would you never leave my side?
Would you keep me like a second soul
inside you
and give my courage
place to hide.

And when one day...
I leave this world.
Will you cry
a thousand tears?
Or will you
simply
pray
that in the end,
I forgave myself
for all I hadn't done
and never saw
and couldn't dream
and wasted
with my fears.