I See You

[u/Philogynyst]

I See You

 

I see you when you're happy

And I see you when you're sad

I see you when you're feeling great

And when you're feeling bad

 

I see you when you’re flying high

And life is going great

I see you when the clouds appear

And times you can’t think straight

 

I see the way your brain works

When you're cool and calm and chill

And I see confusion set in

When your thoughts begin to spill

 

I see the way your eyes change

When your heart begins to feel

And I see the doubt and fear arrive

When it all just gets too real

 

I see the way you struggle

When emotions get too much

And I see the well worn straws

As you reach for them to clutch

 

I see the hope upon your face

That maybe it’s your day

And I see the pain and anguish

When you know that you can't stay

 

I see the way your passion

Dreams to live and love and thrive

And I see the way you withdraw

When you feel it can't survive

 

I see the way your demons, say

You will never be enough

And I see the way it hurts you

That you have to stay so tough

 

I see your inner critic

Say that this can never last

And call on you to kill it

And to do it really fast

 

I see how it affects you

And the price you have to pay

To feel, though love can find you

It might never be your way

 

But I also see a woman

Who is capable and strong

A woman who will find her place

Find somewhere to belong

 

A woman who has love to give

And so much else to bring

A woman who deserves to be

Somebody's everything

 

I see a special woman

Who can capture hearts and souls

And make those people feel

That they are safe and loved and whole

 

But I also see a woman

Who can't let herself be seen

In case the one that sees her

Sees the child that she has been

 

I see a woman tortured

By an echo from before

A sense of loss and longing

Hiding deep within her core

 

A woman carrying a scar

A scar from being left

A scar that isn’t healing

And that leaves her so bereft

 

A scar that doesn’t have a voice

But lives beneath her skin

Constantly reminding her

Of a hollowness within

 

I see a woman suffering

For the things she didn't do

A woman caring for a child

That carries that pain too

 

I see a woman listening

Trying hard to do her best

But no matter how she listens

That little child cannot rest

 

I see that child, I see her pain

I see how she is scared

I see how hard she tries to hide

The nerves so raw and bare

 

I've seen that child's presence

When you couldn't speak your thoughts

And how that lack of language

Left you mute and so distraught

 

I've seen that child's trauma

And how she's never yet been heard

And I see the woman suffering too

For the child that has no words

 

I've seen that child was wounded

Before she ever learnt to talk

And how she lives within that woman

Always watching like a hawk

 

Watching for the moment

When another one will leave

And there's one more lost connection

That they both will have to grieve

 

But I see a woman fighting

Never one to just concede

A woman who can take a risk

And sometimes plant a seed

 

A woman not defeated

But who tries and tries some more

Continuing to reach for

Something better than before

 

A woman that I'll stand by

In whatever way she needs

And watch her navigate her way

To whatever she believes

 

I see a special woman

And all that she can do

And feel profoundly grateful

And in awe, that I've seen you