Like Calls To Like (Book 2)

Let Me Crumble

So strong

For so long

I'm the one

Everyone comes to

With needs

For advice

I kick ass

And

Take names

But inside

I wish

I didn't have to

My whole early life

I was meek

Shy

Scared of a fly

Never spoke up

In my own defense

Or

Anyone else's

That all changed

In a seeming

Blink of an eye

I grew up

Threw fear

Out the window

Became

Joan of Arc

My heart is behind

Metal walls

Inside a fortress

Of boulders

With wire and sharp objects

Protecting it

Being strong

Is what I have to be

Not what I want to be

I want to have you

To lean on

I want to know

That if something happened

You'd stand up for me

Let me crumble

Let me show the cracks

In the armor

Let me stop running

Running for those hills

The only way

That can happen

Is if I know you are

Capable of

Being my

Support

My kindred spirit

Of sorts

I want to be a woman

Not the man

If I stumble

Will you catch me?

Can I let go

Can I cry

And know

I'm safe?

Can you tell me

Without reminders

Can you show me

Without hints

Will you

Let me crumble

Will your

Arms be waiting for me?

How do I know

You are real

You exist

You won't vanish

You are mine?