Respect Respect
No, I Won’t Respect Your Wishes
Pain poem

I want to respect your wishes, but you are in deep pain You are not my blood relative But you are my family Life has dealt you one, two, no three hard blows in a row You want to be left alone to grieve But I see you sinking fast Can I throw you the rope you threw me? It pulled me up from the quicksand of despair Let me say the words you need to hear You whispered them to me as I cried May I hold your hands as they tremble You held mine as I tried to push you away This time I will not respect your wishes Just as you did not respect mine to let me wither I’m here and I will not leave you alone Respect the fact that I love you enough to stay
Thank you, Paper Poetry, for this delicious prompt

