Different. You’re just so different,
Seeing fire where there once were ashes,
Reading desire in the specks of my irises,
Underneath the shield of my eyelashes.
Honesty. Your unfiltered honesty
Opened doors I didn’t know were locked,
Washed my shores with healing waters,
Ventured where no one’d ever knocked.
Click. That’s not how people click —
At the speed of breathing in.
I could bleed and you’d feel unease,
My pain prickling against your skin.
Peeling. You’re slowly peeling
Defensive layers off my heart —
Intensive therapy to leave me raw
And open for a brand new start.
(2017)