So I Can't Expect You to Know

So I can't expect you to know
That I am teetering on the tight rope
Searching for fragmented answers
To these questions I have in lost hope

Time has worn us both out
And our love discontinues to grow
You've forgotten I still have needs
So I can't expect you to know

I feel like I'm standing still
Letting this life pass me by
Missing what we once had
Sharing lows and not enough highs

So I can't expect you to know
And I'd never expect you to change
But I can no longer balance this way
Feeling trapped like I'm locked in a cage

I can't do this at all anymore
But I can't figure out how to go
Please let go of the rope, lest I fall
So I can't expect you to know

05.27.14
©Kerri L. Stanley