Liberation

You came to me with tears in your eyes and a lump in your throat,

finally ready to tell a secret you'd been keeping since you learned it.

With fear in your voice you explained your heart,

because you could not not explain it for another minute.

I didn't understand why you were so afraid,

so tentative.

Didn't you know how much I love you?

Didn't you know I want nothing more than your happiness?

Didn't you know I want you to be free and to be yourself?

Didn't you know nothing could ever change that?

Didn't you know that I know you better than anyone else in this world?

Didn't you know that I already knew everything, even before you did?

Didn't you know it could never make any difference to me?

Well, now you know.