I was afraid to love you, <br />And you had fought to me. <br />Desperation overtook fear <br />As life insufferably, <br />Challenged every ounce of me. <br /> <br />Tears delighted at my fear, <br />Demounted triumph lingered, <br />I would listen for the unrelenting siren, <br />These lessons of society, <br />Coarse bindings fell to me, <br />As if I were a prominent child beauty. <br /> <br />When did you forsake me? <br />For I feel selfish now, <br />When I can’t escape your gaze, <br />The voices; they grow loud, <br />I whittled vainly for my place, <br />Sentiment absconded, <br />Pretty did you speak of me, <br />But I could never be set free. <br /> <br />Count for me my praises, <br />My lust and charity. <br />Or perhaps we should let it be. <br />Time will heal curiosity, <br />Experience will lend the clarity, <br />And innocence; impatience to <br />Let it be.<br /><br />Pensive Phoenix<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/identity-crisis-8/
