Trust... a request

I look at emerald eyes

that peer at me

seemingly from inside a box

with but one square through which

you see the world.

What is it you see in me that has brought you to my door?

You have knocked a soulful knock

and I have opened.

Will you come in?

There is a kinship of hearts that I sense

a commonality that is so uncommon

among the common.

There is a depth of you that only your eyes reveal

a burning spirit that you keep hidden...

shuttered from any and all...

able, but unwillingto trust so soon.

You trusted once;

you threw open the shutters of your heart

and greeted...

yea,...embraced love......

without reserve......

held nothing back......

put it all on the line...

leapt from the brink of all you know

into the unknown,

knowing he who loved would also catch

but he stepped out of the way at the very last moment

and you were crushed

upon the rocks of broken promises.

Yes...you have healed...you are intact...

but not whole...

a shadow of what you once were

because you cannot trust.

Your sun of youthful innocence is hidden

behind the clouds of self-doubt and skepticism.

I didn’t know you then

but I have been hurt more than you know.

I understand...

everything you have felt

and are feeling now.

I see you now and feel I want to tell you

...everything. Do you feel the same?

Is that why you’re here?

Are you ready to trust again?

or is there something else...

you wanted to say?

dtsb 09