PRIVATE THOUGHTS

How long have you been standing there?
And reading what I've wrote.
How long have you been standing there,
before the words  you had spoke?
I didn't mean to be startled,
or act as if  I had something to hide,
but these are my private thoughts,
that I keep inside.
I wrote them down to help myself,
get through my troubled heart.
More problems,
I did not mean to start.
These are just some thoughts I had,
they come to me when I'm alone.
I do not write so that you will hurt,
I don't mean to cast a stone.
These are just some thoughts I had,
I need to work them out.
It is not time for me to tell,
And I need you not to shout.
So please be patient with me,
Give me time to work them though.
And slowly and surely, I'll find my way back to you.
 

April Bowering-Chesworth
© 1999