All of my scars
are etched
across my skin
My flaws
are worn on my arms
You see
the pain toward outwards
But  what you
can not see is
the scars
that decorate my heart
the hurt
was laid there
one at a time
building a wall all around

©ShawnaRenea

If this how it's going to be
I might just turn all this into doubt
And someday soon you'll see
what all this was really about
And if this is heading to a dead end
I would like to leave it there and walk away
Like it to end and keep you as a friend
I'm not going to beg you to stay
If I did that it would be end of me
I would stay living with this unhappiness
I need you to know I need to be free
I need to learn to show a little tenderness

©ShawnaRenea

So would I,
rise from the ashes like a Phoenix
From this pain
this burnt black heart
will rise a new love, pure as snow
So would I,
try to bend a little more
like long grass
in the wind, so the next time
this  heart will not break

©ShawnaRenea

Will I ever get
closer
Closer to the thought
of you
Of us and all
we could be
Will I ever feel
closer
closer to this
feeling of us
than I do right now
Will I ever be
closer
Closer to the point
of the fear
of losing me
in you
Will I get
closer

©ShawnaRenea