Run

Story by RaveInsatiable on SoFurry

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#8 of Poems

2014


Hope.Hope is dangerous.

I'll be honest

With you now.

I'm completely,

utterly terrified,

Of being around you.

I have to throw down the

Anchor,

To keep my feet planted,

And resist the urge to run away

Because I know that

If I stay to long,

If I continue

To look into those eyes

Every single night and morning,

I will lose myself in them

And there will be no turning back.

When I'm around you,

my heavy heart finally feels lifted

And it terrifies me

Because I know if it's dropped now

There will be no going back,

No repairing this empty,

beaten heart.

Which is why I'm completely,

Utterly terrified

Of being around you.

I put my game face on,

And resist the urge to flee

because I know if I keep this up,

I will lose myself in you.

Vulnerability

I'm vulnerable. So, so vulnerable. I try so hard To put up these walls To hide behind, But then I meet someone, And for once I want to let my Walls down, but to let down my guard completely, Scares me to the fullest extent To be completely...

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You and I

Here you are. A brush of fingertips Interlocked stares an inner rush. Tell me. Show me. Just need you in my arms Where I can hold you tight And forget all about yesterday And tomorrow Only a here and now, with you. Everything else melts away...

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Moving on.

I'm invisible, to him. I no longer exist. I know it's time, To move on to something better; To stop being stuck in the past, And dwelling on what can't be changed. I tug and I tug At my heart, But it won't seem to budge. I just need to...

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