Tongue Tied. Poem by Safiyyah Manjra

If I could muster the words to say,
Words that I wish to tell you once each day.

It would be how much I care,
So deeply that I fear.

I would tell you how I am afraid to lose you.
How I think you don't feel the same way but I think you do.

I try,
I try not to let you slip by.

The thought of me upsetting you,
Is worse than anything that is ever true.

Honesty hurts.
How do you make it painless?

I feel as though you sacrificed lots for me,
I give you nothing that I see.

I can't be exactly what you want me to be.
So why do you still love me?

I don't know why you stay.
I am for you each day.