Why don\'t you help?

It overwhelms and saddens me
That even some very close family
Have no true conceptof the pain I'm in
Have no real knowledge of who I am

Because you manage from day to day
Their perception is that all is ok
Can't disrupt their daily lives
Can't do it to help a loved one survive

Some think it should be all over by now
Should have your life back to normal but how?
I don't even know what my normal is yet
Be different if it happened to them I bet.

I honestly believe they don't want to know
Might have to help, put on a good show
It's not their money or any of their things
It's true caring a hug, yes those silly things

Oh they talk the talk and say they care
But when you are down is one of them there?
Does one of them ever pick up the phone?
Just to see if your right or your feeling alone.

Lucky for me there are some people who care
I need them more but to ask is unfair
Because now they have their own lives to lead
I have to make it alone though I still have a need.

I can't be too harsh because it is up to me now
They can't do it I have to work harder to find out how
Just a bit more support wouldn't go astray
I've never been alone you see I don't know the way.