Keep Me

This was inspired by something I read this morning that resonated with me.

Thank you to the author of that work.

 

 

 

 

I am raw and bleeding

exposed and standing alone.

I am naked in the eyes of anyone who looks

but none of them ever see.

The burning ache, the raw and ravaged

surface of my skin.

That simply tries to cover

what is hiding beneath,  stripped bare.

Defenseless as a child

crying with the need to be held.

No solace comes, no relief of the pain

the distress now the mask that I wear.

Trapped in the dark of this silence

where no one can hear me scream.

Simply wanting to be heard

even if not understood.

To catch the glimpse of a knowing eye

not seeing that face blindly turn .

To be taken into loving arms

that make this all  go away.

Keep me safe and keep me warm

keep me close within.

Keep me near enough that I can touch you

and know that you are there.