Our relationship has always been based on the need of one side,

yet today has been calm, composed and full of peace

and I wonder if the positions were reversed, in me would you confide

and I wonder if it should have always been like this, a tranquil release.

I sat back, I relaxed and did nothing but listen to you breathe,

your sincerity of spirit I realise I had kept always out of sight

I had asked you many times silently to leave

but in my head, you talked away unhindered, secretly loved, never used in spite.

I admit fully that you are the better part of me

and at times I have wished you dead, buried, taken to task, and to be kissed

gently and with tolerance and respect for who you are.

You will leave again tonight, despite any crying plea

and won’t return asking for equality or the starring role when you are missed

because I recognise you as the one who got me this far.

Ian D. Hall 2015