When You'Re Ready Poem by Dale Mullock

This verse isn’t about sex or love,
no, no you know it’s sweet and good,
tell me what keeps you up at night,
tell me why you’re so full of fright,
don’t say it’s the surrounding neighbourhood,
what makes you think you’re misunderstood?
Did someone hurt you?
If so, what did they do?
Are you ill or have some form of injury?
Is this what makes you lash out in fury?
Maybe you’re trapped in a nightmare,
and it’s all to much for you to bear,
there is no need to lock yourself in a prison cell,
just remember I’m here, if you need someone to tell,
I can take it, for we’re going steady,
so please confide in me when you’re ready…

Did they say you’re bland and uninteresting?
Then let me tell you that they’re only jesting,
please don’t fall in to your pit again,
let me help you unburden the pain,
you don’t have to cut us all out,
just tell me what this is all about.
I am not your family, spouse or heir,
but you know deep down that I care.
Have you wasted your entire fortune?
Is that what makes you stare at the moon?
There is no need to keep it to yourself,
contained within your world of stealth,
don’t tell the whole world to go to hell,
for I’m here when you think you can tell,
I can’t help you until you tell me,
so here I am; when you’re ready…