Forced To Watch Poem by Linda Engwall

Most days
Now
I have come to realize
You don’t hear me

I have become all the things you hate
About you
And most especially about me

Despite it all I still find I
Hope, I pray, and I wish I had
Some magical powers to make it go away for you

If I could I would trade places
Well without a doubt I would

Cause you may never know
How much I would give up
To make it better for you

Still my intentions
Won’t matter too much

The powers that be
Say this is your fight
No matter
How I wish it weren’t true

So again find myself sitting
On the sidelines
Watching
Trying to help
Yet failing miserably

Wishing again to find
Those words
That would help you
Know
I am here
My dear
For you
Always