I'm an emotional coward
Gathering up the fear
Of trying to pursue you

Dying to pounce
But, backwards I bounce
Speechless whenever you are near
Without words I lose myself within your eyes

Maybe how I look at you...
Will answer your confusion..

I'm caught in frustration
Trapped in imagination
Drowning in fantasies
Shying away from reality

With me there's always something to fear
I live in doubt
Shutting the outside world out
Silence is all I ever want to hear

Screaming inside
Uncertainty consumed
This desire will never subside
Despair entombed

Cody Shull, 2016