Teen Ink

   Listen not to their words but what they mean

Watch the gleam in their eyes and know what you've seen

Be there for them, hold them close and stay near

Hold onto them tightly, listen hard and hear

Be there for them when they laugh, when they grieve

Let them know you care so much, make them believe

Listen hard with your heart, not with your ears

And if you truly care, you will be the one ... who hears