Ballads of Beauty. 4. "Tenderness is a word seldom said."

Tenderness is a word seldom said

Love is a stand in the vanity fair

No one stops by as it’s thought to be dead

There is nothing to give, there is nothing to share

But I will tell you I love you

Without hoping to hear the same

I’ll keep telling you that I love you

Without you even knowing my name

I am just a face in the crowd

Nothing more than a shade on you portrait

I can shout of my love out loud

I can keep it inside and be tortured

By the distance that keeps me away

By the silence that’s like execution

If you come, I will ask you to stay

If we part, I will find a solution

To be found in an ocean of pain

To be saved and to act as a saver

To protect from despair and disdain

Just live on… I will live in your favor.

© 2009. Anastasia Duchevski