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You must be able to see
I want to be vulnerable
Must not reveal the real me
So I smile at them today
© February 2, 2004
Right through the facade
But I can’t help but think protection is best
When this heart beats quietly within this chest.
But that requires laying my heart
On the table kind of honesty
Fears exposed, wants evoked
Possibility of wholeness or brokenness
It’s safer to remain locked up inside.
The woman behind the big smile
Who’s paving a way in her life
Who refuses to be happy with anything less
Than the best of who she can be
Must not reveal the me that freezes
And trembles beneath the ice.
Charm them with my confidence
Don’t think they’d want to see different anyhow
I laugh right on cue
Avert my eyes when they try to see deeper
For I’m not ready
It’s different deeper--
And I don’t feel safe with anyone seeing the truth...
Other than you.
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