Better or Worse

Does for better or worse count when you're not even married

Is it fair to take on a load you were never meant to carry

You give your everything just to be let down

No matter how much you paddle you're still about to drown

I love you with every breath but is that enough

I try to speak to you but you don't understand me and walk away in a huff

Calling me sensitive would be considered an understatement

I do everything I can to try to be patient

I just want to run away from everything and everyone

Hoping this helpless feeling will be followed by some miraculous outcome

My mother taught me to be strong and never let them see you stumble

Any mountain can be climbed no matter how jagged or crumbled

That won't happen unless we communicate and work together as a team

We always come out on top despite how impossible it seems

If our love is strong and truly unbreakable

Stop pushing me away and be emotionally available

It's almost too late I've had about enough

But I'm no quitter and I'm trying to be tough

It's now or never, either hold on or let go

It's our time to shine and to continue to grow

I'm feeling weak but I'll hold on a little bit longer

What doesn't kill us will only make us stronger

I'll be waiting with arms open wide

Please remember I'll always be by your side

For better or worse i promise I'll stay

But only if you promise to stop pushing me away

By Shannon Redmond (lilsparkleplenty)