No More But Never Forgotten

From one a second emerges. There is no birth, no gestation, no planning I always thought there was just me but a lesson long ago let know that you are if nothing- assertive, decisive, unbending, overbearing and at times I don't even think of my needs because how you are doing controls even how I breathe I get jealous when someone touches you and I am afraid someone will harm you But how can that happen again? Some days you seem to disappear and I am light as air I must reach out, must touch Must know that you ARE there But sometimes you weigh me down cast me into despair. Then I search Got to escape I talk to you and I am sure you listen sometimes I beg, sometimes I sing, and that attracts a crowd so I do not do it aloud I've read to you, stayed up all night with you and even asked if you wanted music Everyone told me you were not a friend and that you had to go But I was the only one to argue. You were stoic, calm, and always reminding of life's steady, steady flow Sure, nothing may be going right But that's just a refrain You came, you left You remain