All of Me

there there, my love

lay your burden down

i see your wounds

i watch you shield me

from the hurt they cause

shield me no more but 

let me feel, my love

let me in to the dark

i can be an ointment

upon the tattered flesh

of your soul

there is home for you

here here, my love

you walked away but

i went with you

i held you up when 

your bones broke and

your muscles gave way

i pulled you along 

when your feet left

from under you 

i raised your chin

above each new

wave of adversity and 

heartache the world 

saw fit to train you with

i know you are hurting

i feel it too

every compliment 

burns like bourbon

in a bullet hole

for the mouths of those

give them know not the

failures they deride

you haven't failed, my love

not yet

for all your effort and pain

and loss and sleepless nights

my love, you've never really tried

take me with you, my love

do not deny me, my love

use me and lean on my

strength my talent my skill

my passion

is yours

for the taking

i am yours, my love

let me into your darkness

let me light the way

there is so much more

than what you have been

raging against

sleep sleep, my love

let the shade of night

cover your eyes and 

close them to the 

memories you carry

let the cool sheet of 

twilight melt into you

holding your head 

heavy to my lap

dream dream, my love

dream 

and when you wake

hold that dream in one hand

and take mine in the other

at daybreak we'll follow

where it leads

and there we will build

our peace