Also There

Perhaps

I knew that my veins were too thin

Or that I should be brave

Or that I am older

So I didn’t

But I was there

Maybe I heard everything

And wanted to run forever

And I walked away

Should have gone

But I wanted to be there

And when she could hide

I had to fight

And keep up straight

Perhaps when the accounts come in

And the dice has been cast

No  one will forget

That  there was so much to say

And to forget

But  that I

was also there.