Always There

So long I search
for what I need
and for so long
it has been with me

I have searched for you
in someone else
I did not know
you were there
you always have been
you always will be

I did not know
who you are
though I thought I did
But if I had
I would have seen
so long ago
that you were he
that I have searched for

We tried it once
but I was not ready
for what you had to offer
I was not looking
for he in you

But here I am
here we are
together again
this time I will accept
what you have freely given

You make me laugh
you let me cry
you have always been there
through my hard times
and my sad times

You let me leave
but you did not
you let me learn
you let me hurt
you let me return

Your love I took for granted
without knowing
knowing I did so
knowing it was there
to hold me up
and help me live

And now I know
it is there
Always and Forever
-Jeanne