The Fall

All the bravado in the world won't

Get you through this

All the courage you've been nurturing

Behind every empty bottle

It's not enough to know how to love

You've got to know who

It's three months past last Christmas and

I've still got these gifts to unwrap

But the holidays have been so grave

My darkest days along the way

It's not enough to know how to touch

If you're too afraid to reach

Once in awhile

But I've kept my arms outstretched through the fall

I've kept my eyes open and enthralled

With the rocks at the bottom and I wonder

If they ever really knew me at all.