Can of Dread

You opened up my can of dread

You made feel less dead

I wished I could share the essence

You gave to me… your presence

 

You did that… you know…

You let me drink you in

It was so hard to let it go

Like ripping off my skin

 

I did it though…it hurt

Hurt like hell

Like scraped knees on dirt

I wanted to yell

 

But I knew it wouldn’t mend

Cause when our colors mixed

We couldn’t fix

The way they wouldn’t blend

 

Please know that I tried …I tried

To hide my feelings that scared you

I so wanted to hide…hide

That ugly side of me that grew…

 

visible from your every pause and thought

from the depth of your experience

clarity of my feelings was only what I sought

I must let you know I’m serious.

 

Yes, you captured my heart

And I think you let it go

Now and forever … apart

Oh God…this can’t be so

 

If it’s to be …I cannot change it

I accept the will of life

I can only imagine how well-knit

It must be for love and strife…