Poetry From A Caged Soul

Terrified

I wish I could tell you

that I did not conquer these

steep fears and return

the ocean to my eyes

to take you out for a night

that I wish to kiss you

in coffee shops and airports

and by our fireplace too

but I'm afraid that you'd

turn around

and tell me that you

do not want to be loved like that

I'm terrified

and although every emotion

lives under a single sky

I often look up

at the stars

and wonder why

I feel so little