Arley Cox

Singer . Songwriter . Mentor .

I Wanted To Tell You (poem)

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I Wanted To Tell You


I wanted to write you 

Something special

But I couldn’t think 

Of what to write 


I wanted to tell you

Something that would

Fill your heart

Fill your heart right up


I’m sitting here

Wondering how

Not knowing 

Exactly how to tell you


To tell you

Yes you 

You are made 

Of special stuff


Of things more beautiful 

Than you know


I wanted to tell you

That I miss you

Because of this

You dance in my memory 

Or the way 

You look when you think


The way you talk 

And the feeling of 

Your heart in a room


It’s the little things 

You see

The little things 

I’ll remember most


All the joy you bring

Even when you 

Don’t feel good enough

Those days when things feel hard


The darkness comes

And it shrouds around you

Like a heavy cloak


Because the grief sits in your chest 

And makes it difficult to breathe

And I know

I know, I know,


It must 


Since you sometimes 

Just dont know 


I thought I would tell you


I wanted to tell you

So I don’t forget

To let you know

Before it’s too late


Cause it might be too late one day


So I wanted to write

You something special

So you remember 

That you are singular


Miraculous really

A truth and beauty 

That takes my breath 

Out of my chest


I wanted to tell you

Tell you right now 

To tell you 

All of the things 

You are broader than


All of the things 

you are brighter than


And I sit here

As the days get darker

I settle in and wonder


About all of the things

That are so stunning 

In this life


And 


All of the things

I wanted to tell you


*A little bumpy one

From me to you

Cause I just wanted to tell you

Simple as that*


by arley

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