will you take
a walk with me?
try to see the
view through my
heavy lidded eyes
look at the ocean,
you see vastness,
greatness, strength
i see emptiness,
chaos, uncertainty,
will the tides lift me
or will they crash down
on me, drown me, carry
me into nothingness?
look up, do you see the moon?
you say you admire it
its mystery awes you
i say it saddens me
a solitary figure
amid an endless sky
you envy the moon
i symphatize with her
you held my hand tighter
it's getting darker
it terrifies you
i welcome the shadows
as if they are
my good friends
they allow me to hide
behind their cloak
they embrace me,
keep me safe, tucked
in the hollow of
their bossom, i can rest

take a walk with me
that you may begin
to understand how i think
see what i see,
feel what i feel,
dig deeper,
look closer
it scares me. . .

but i have to know,
if you knew who i am,
all of me,
will you still say you love me?