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Katy Owens Sep 2013
dear friend,

it's not just me

everyone says
you're beautiful

just
the way you are

makeup removed
mask slips off
falls plunk to the ground

just
the way you are

a joy,
delight
a glorious sight

outside merely reflecting
deepest beauty within

true love's eyes
are open and they see

you just
the way you are

true love's desire
that one day you'll
too see

you are beautiful

just
the way you are

loving arms reaching,
wish
to hold you tight

spin you, twirling
a dance

because you
were made to dance with love

for you are beautiful

just
the way you are

love,
Katy Owens Sep 2013
I am a small child, again -
wrapped in the arms of
Some One who loves.
Strong arms,
wrapped around
never release
never leave
always
Katy Owens Sep 2013
Always a question
Something oft inquired
Wondering and whying in those
Get-to-know-you games
Any superpower, yours to have
What would you be?
Seems a simple query
But just as the Titanic learned
Icebergs seem much
Smaller from above
Answering to “what
Superpower would you want?”
Speaks so much more,
Runs so much deeper
It's a fight or flight response
Invisibility, teleportation
What are you hiding from?
Super strength, unlimited power
Why, do you feel weak? Unworthy? Small?
My response to such
An inquiry
Wings or none, I don't care
Simply put, I long to be
Free
What are you? Who do you wish to be?
Katy Owens Aug 2013
runs through me
passion and love
so deep courses
through my veins blood
is thicker
than
water, blood mixed
with water
pouring from a side
death brought life
now mine
to give
to a country a people
a passion a love
He gave me a
name, now I give
it to them
India
Katy Owens Aug 2013
You say
There is no fear
Yet
I always feel it here


Draped about me
A cloak suffocating me


Burden on my soul


Heavy weighing down,
My heart, nearly broke


You say  
Perfect love casts out fear
Yet
Always I am afraid


Always permeating
In my soul harsh words
Resonating


"You're not quite right"
"You could always be better"


What if I fall
What if I fail


To be short of the mark
Of this
I am so afraid


He says
I care not for judgments of man
Only
Of God's mighty hand


But the feeling
Can't shake
Eyes always watching
For a mistake


Whisper, "You're not good enough"


There is no fear in love
Yet I'm always afraid
Of
Eyes always watching
And the judgments of man


When will love be enough?
Katy Owens Aug 2013
Blue eyes
hiding my
demise

but

springs
of grace flow
melt my
heart of snow

blue eyes

free
Katy Owens Jul 2013
Crushing weight
Of a secret kept

Haunting fear
Someone may find out

Voice whispers
None ever can know

Always life
Hidden and veiled

Longing to
Be known but, fearing

To be seen
Girl behind the mask

---

Love descends
Breaking down the walls

Voice gently
Whispers, “I love you”

Cover ears
Blocking out the sound

Can't believe
Say, “I'm not worthy”

Louder the
Voice repeats, “you're mine”

Run away
Retreat to darkness

Return to
Familiar burdens

Secrets still
Hidden safe away

Still longing
To be known and free

Afraid of
What that would mean

Voice above
Again gently speaks

“I love you,
Girl behind the mask”

---

Eyes seeing
Tender love and care

Crack open
Doors of heart so closed

Light shined
On burdens long borne

Darkness dies
Light of life defeats

Truth is now
Believed, “I love you”

Secrets gone
Fears now wiped away

No longer
Girl behind the mask
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