Listen
When I ask you to listen to me,
And you start giving me advice,
You have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me,
And you begin to tell me why I
Shouldn't feel that way,
You are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me,
And you feel you have to do
Something to solve my problems,
You have failed me, strange
as that may seem.
Listen
![[Listening]](../images/listen.jpg)
All that I ask is that you listen,
Not talk or do - just hear me.
When you do something for me
That I need to do for myself,
You contribute to my fear
And to my feelings of inadequacy.
But, when you accept as a simple fact
That I do what I feel,
No matter how irrational,
Then I can quit trying to convince you,
And go about the business
Of understanding what's behind my feelings.
So please just listen and just hear me.
And if you want to talk,
Wait a minute for your turn - and
