Do we ask for too much

We ask for nothing

We simply want to give

We smile upon receivers

It's what makes us live

Gifts we share abandoned

No hope of their return

But deep inside our hearts

We feel the hunger burn

Do we give of ourselves completely

Or do we secretly want a prize

Do we seek the wonders

That we see in other's eyes

We offer hand to all

Even skin until we bleed

Maybe wishing

They can see

What it is we really need

Do we ask for gift so large

Only opened by the lucky few

Is it really

Something we are due

We may never see in eyes of others

What our heart seeks most of all

And may walk through a thousand doors

And not be noticed, never, not at all

This does not mean we are failures

It does not mean we are weak

We are just the bearers

Of the love we seek
 

© Steve Ellis (IntotheBlue) 2012