Comfort

[earth-angel]

I heard her crying
In her room across the way
And selfishly I wished I hadn't
I wanted it to stop
And seem as if it never was
I wanted to sleep untroubled
And awake unknowing
I didn't want to care
But I heard her crying
It gripped my chest
It stung my throat
And I remembered all those times
She'd come when I had wept
To sit by me and tell me stories
I felt like screaming
No that's not right, you're mistaken
I cry, you comfort, it mustn't change
We must keep things as they were
But still her lonely sobbing
Seeped in at my door
And found me hiding under my cover
Silently I slipped from my bed
And out across the landing to find her.