Courage

Sweetheart tell me are you fast asleep?
Cos that’s the time when I can really speak
I can say the things that I most fear
I can say those words that you long to hear
When you’re dreaming
When you’re tucked away
You might not hear me but the words I say
Linger in the night
Like a mist of reassurance
Dissipating with the coming light
When you’re unsuspecting
When you’re unaware
I can say those words and I know that’s its not fair
But when you are awake I’m so very afraid of
Saying those words; Sweetheart, it is you that I do love