This is why

On a mountain top, I see him there
He stands amidst the sea and wind
The sun does not shine on his face
The moon does not send him a grin

Dirt is marked across his brow
The rain is not warm upon his skin
The shouts he hears are at his face
Those screams his way are not his cheers

The waves do sway among the sea
And some they hold the tears he cries                                        
But with the crashing waters that be
All that pain, every yell among them dies

The hands that are in fists now so
They used to be soft hands to touch
Those fingers, they are the ones that know
Yet no one knows yet, just how much

The eyes, they see much, and look away
And they tell the mind, I shall not do.
Yet they can and will betray
At night they close and lie to you

Oh, this soul I see, his body aches
There is no joy or smiles here
All this solitude, it takes
Every spark and leaves his fear

Every single drop of life-
Every thought that you hold dear
It’s too hard, it hurts too much
To many cards of feelings to deal

And I got the crappy bunch
The winning hand, oh they did steal

NO, my dear! It is not so
All these things you think are lies
If they were true, why do I say no?
How come I love you, tell me!  Why?

Is it because of all you do?
Is it because I never cry?
Let me see, because of where I live?
And the money all those things could buy?

Maybe because it’s so easy
Because I really don't have to try?
Maybe because there’s nothing better,
And I have not the courage to cut the tie.

Right, yeah, that sounds like me
That’s how I always muddle through
Only when life is so great
Because it was a breeze this decade with you

IT is not anything you say,
It is not any action, that to me you prove
It is not because of appearance sake
It is not for your parents, cause they approve

It is not because I need a base
To be secure of the work you do
It is not of your pretty face
It is not of what, to me, you do

It is not for any reason that you see
It is not what anyone else would do
It is not because I seek more favor
There is nothing I plot or connive from you

It is not because anyone told me so
Not something that I learned in school
Not something that you see today
Or for anyone else am I tool

NO, there is but one single reason
One that stands up on its own
The one that told me,” That’s the one.”
And indeed I shall make it known

It is because up in that sky
Dwells a God, heavenly, not cold
The One that came and died for us
And in His hands our lives He holds

It IS because of what He said
“My child stay, love- I will mold.”

So, indeed I shall my love,
Whether you be friend or foe
Whether you shout curses at me
Or across the sea make your heart so

He is there and here within me
He has my heart- so there, it will go
He loves you, though you are not free
So will I, no matter what the seed you sow

And even if it’s not meant to be,
Low, that’s He makes me let it go
Peace be with you, I shall wait.
Just wanted to let you know . . .