To My Friend, Elyse

those eyes
encase the words said
with emotion
so obvious
it hurts.

painful, yet the burden
seems lighter all the same
because someone listened.

and although circumstance
can be eternal,
sorrow is not,
cannot be,
i'm sure


your eyes
hold me in their grasp
letting me know
that you understand.

and then i realize
that you are a not so ordinary angel
that i have come to love
because you listened.

and although circumstance
is so eternal,
tears are not,
cannot be,
i'm sure.