By Just and Only me
Date: 2004 Mar 22
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Enough Reason

Why do you stay
  when he hurts you
  when you cry  
  when your heart breaks in two
Why do you listen
  to the angry words
  to the lies
  to the excuses
Why do you smile and shrug your shoulders
  when you hear bad news
  when he stabs you in your back
  when he uses you and abuses you

BECAUSE I LOVE HIM

BECAUSE HE LOVES ME

I can't help that people have
  used him
  abused him
  taught him to lie and hurt
  (as if that was a way of living)
People still
  lie to him...people he trusts
  use him...to keep their own image
  abuse him...making themselves feel needed

He comes home every night
  looking for shelter
  looking for MY arms
And I hold him
  all night
  I hold this man of mine
  this man that I love
After everyone has taken parts of him
  I give him myself
  I let him rest  
He in turn holds me
  he gives me all of himself
  and I rest

And these moments
  at night
  in our bed
  in our home
  as husband and wife

THEY ARE
        ENOUGH REASON