Tina's Song

Back in the first year that Tina and I were married I wanted to write her a song and I've always struggled with it.  One day I wrote a few lines about how I couldn't write it because I couldn't find the words.

I've lost the page I wrote it on years ago but the first line and much of the small stanza I had written was still in my brain.  Today I figured it out.

Tina's Song

I sat down today and tried to write your song.

I’ve tried so many times but it always comes out wrong.

I just can’t seem to find the words that say just what’s inside.

And I'll probably just mess it up, but I can’t leave it untried.

If you could see you,

The way that others see you.

If you could know you

 The way that we all do.

If you could trust you

As much as everyone else does, then

You’d love yourself as much as I do

Love you forever and all time, amen

I watch you lying there peacefully asleep

The pale light shines on you and it almost makes me weep.

I brush your hair back softly and think to myself,

If I could give my love to you, so that you could love yourself.

If you could see you,

The way that I see you.

If you could know you

 The way that I  do.

If you could trust you

As much as I’ve always done, then

You’d love yourself as much as I do

Love you forever and all time, amen

Copyright © October 1, 2013 Timothy Coral Mair