Concerns

Is there a place upon your podium
where I can stand and be heard?
If there is, will you hear my voice?
Will you hear every word?
Will I have your undivided attention
as I reveal to you my deepest concerns?
Or will I fare better with an audience of bats
resting peaceably in their darkened caverns?
Will you deny me this also
that I may not reveal having been wronged?
For twelve months, no answers were forthcoming
for this one thing for which I have longed.
I have yearned for you to hear my plea.
Every point to its length.
And still I can say "I love you!"
With all my heart and with all my strength.