Jason Robert Brown

LEO
It’s hard to speak my heart.
I’m not a man who bares his soul.
I let the moment pass me by –
I stay where I am in control.
I hide behind my work,
Safe and sure of what to say…
I know I must seem hard,
I know I must seem cold.
I never touched that girl –
You think I’d hurt a child yet?
I’d hardly seen her face before –
I swear – I swore we’d barely met.
These people try to scare you
With things I’ve never said.
I know it makes no sense.
I swear I don’t know why…
You see me as I am – You can’t believe I’d lie –
You can’t believe I’d do these deeds –
A little man who’s scared and blind,
Too lost to find the words he needs.
I never touched that child –
God –  I never raised my hand!
I stand before you now…
Incredibly afraid.
I pray you understand.