Perhaps?

Perhaps
at times
my propensity
to seem oblivious
and aloof
is mistaken for
things going un-noticed.

This is not true.

Perhaps
at times
the smile on my face
is mistaken for
a disconnected
sophomoric
response to
a serious or sensitive
matter.

This also is not true.

Sometimes people make a choice
to react in certain ways
so as to attempt to dispel
some tension or pain
for others
as well as themselves.

Perhaps at times I seem to make light
when something is heavy
or
I seem to laugh
when there should be a silent pause.
What else to do? I often do not know.

But in my heart I am there with you,
the exact same as you
matching you
and I know.
I feel what you feel
and I can assure you.
In my heart, in my soul
this is the truth.
you are not alone.
I hold your feelings, I hold your hand,
I am sorry, I empathize, I bleed inside for it all.
I hold your hand, I love you.

Perhaps, you did not know.

~by Jenny Miller