What do you see

What do you see
When you look
Down at me?
Do you see the friend
You always thought I would be?
Or does what they think
Cause me to sink
In your eyes?

Why is it only
When we are alone
You see beyond
Your heart’s walls of stone?
Why is it always
When others draw near
You push me away
Instead of hold me as dear?

I look into your eyes
And search for my friend
Only to find him
Caged tightly within
I hold out my hand
And beg you to rise
To free yourself
From the fear inside

Will you take my hand
Or remain forever enslaved
By your need for approval
For so long you have craved?
I miss the friend you used to be
When instead of devils
You listened to me
Heard my words of praise
And knew you were great
And flew high all of those days

Now in the night
When the moon is in sight
I howl at the sky
With all of my might
Hoping, praying
You’ll hear all that I’m saying
And once again
You’ll be my friend