I needed you

Today was a bad day
I needed you to be there
I needed the comfort
Of your hand holding mine
I needed your soothing voice
To tell me everything would be ok
I needed your arms wrapped around me
Keeping me safe no matter what
I needed to look into your eyes
And know that you've got my back...
But when I held out my hand...
All I got was emptiness...
And when I called out your name
The silence echoed back at me...
The only arms holding me safe
Were my own...
So I picked myself up
And told myself that I was ok
And you know what?
It didn't matter that I was alone...
I realized...
All along I was equipped for this battle...
I just never knew
That I could unlock the door myself...
All this time wasted...
Waiting for someone else to save me...
When... In the darkest storm...
I saved myself...

~S~