my latest piece
Dark Longings
No one knows the dreams I have.
No one hears the voiceless screams I make
in the silence of the night.
No one sees me through the subtle mask
I wear.
Where my tears fall in solitude, and
pain echoes in my heart, I am alone.
I cannot be whole.
It tires me.
This fruitless need to be understood,
when from unseeing eyes I hide.
What is the point?
Sometimes I am a stranger to myself,
yet no one will ever know me
like I do.
Is there a single soul out there who mirrors
the longings in my heart?
Imperfect, but still able to fill the emptiness
of my existence.
Not one has surfaced. Perhaps no one
is destined for me.
Perhaps not until I truly reveal myself.
But that in its entirety is a most fearsome thought.
For when all is bared and barriers
come crashing down, will you
still know me?
I fear the answer. No one knows, no one hears,
no one sees the secrets I keep inside of me.
Will you be there if I truly bare
the darkness in my soul?
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