Don't be fooled

 

Don't take my quiet exterior

as a guide, or let it fool,

deceiving you into trying to

take me for a ride,

tricking you into believing I'm weak,

or my heart barely tickles inside.

I've conquered demons

so much bigger than I can speak.

 

Inside a fire burns brighter

than the sun in the sky.

I may be shy,

but naive? Not on your life.

I've walked so many paths,

I could cause demons to blush.

I've rushed headfirst into storms,

just to feel the cooling rain

wash down my burning skin.

 

I may seem distant to you,

A lone wolf howling silently

to an uninterested moon,

but if you open up to me,

I'll bloom like a flower.

Grow tall like a tree.

I speak when I need to,

not just to be heard over you.

I'd rather devour your words

than pour like a raincloud

destroying your truth.

I may sit in shadows,

A prisoner of the heart,

but I'm not a monster to fear.

I’m not there to cause endless nightmares

or give a scare. I’ve walked stride by stride

with the watchman of night at my side.

I just prefer to keep my heart here,

until I'm certain it won't be broken,

becoming a burden that I have to carry

upon my journey.

 

I may sit silently over seasons,

I'm just inviting you to fill the air,

so I can breathe your words of pure luxury.

It's not lost on me

that my silence often stops me

from finding true happiness in my story,

but sometimes I've said all I need to say,

It may sit in the pages of a poem

that has been lost in the mists of time,

but the lines we set, tracks were laid,

way back in our lifeline.

The times I spoke of love, it flowed for you,

with a riverside retreat all set up

in a lyrical picnic for two.

 

So, I may see quiet at times,

I may seem scared, because I am.

Scared of losing that

which is special,

A kind heart

in a world full of scams,

but don't take my silence

for a lack of care,

I have lakes of love flowing in here.

I have mountains of thought, offering up

a loving embrace. I have a voice that I use

when I find the right space and I have a heart

that so wants to race.

 

 

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