Jackie

I see you.

My hand on your back to comfort you,

and I see you;

little and crying

I see you like even he couldn’t after the year of you.

I see into you,

I see how you are,

see how you feel.

I know your pain and your love,

I see you.

How could he hurt you like this?

your tiny body, with you knees pressed to your chest, is quivering, 

convulsing,

maybe from crying or maybe just from being overwhelmed by feeling.

He couldn’t know what he said could do this to you

or he just didn’t care

But I know.

I see you, crying. 

I hold your feet and I wish words were enough to take away your pain;

but they aren’t.

All I can do is see you;

with these eyes,

all the ways that you are, 

here, in my arms, as you cry because of what he did to you,

because of what he said

and I know that no matter if it were you or anyone else, 

I would see you.

See into you, see how you are, 

see how you feel.