I say I do not know

I say I do not know where

I am going, in answer to your

Sorrow-filled eyes, asking me

silently, why leave, and why leave behind

you, for you I surely will regret

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I say I do not know where

I am – here, you say, an answer that almost

Makes me smile, but you add

With me, and my smile becomes

A tear, just one, that pulls me down to your level

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I say I do not know if

I can look back – would you,

If you knew the look would turn into a stare

that pulls you into those eyes, blue turned gray,

like the thunder clouds outside, no sparkle of rain left

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And I say I do not know if

I could protect you any longer, for you have seen

Everything a child should not, but

you hold my hand and lean against me, as if to say,

You, as you are now, are all the protection I need

And I say I do not know why I considered leaving at all.