In disguise, a hopeless wonder Apprehensive and paranoid I leap towards the open my feet sticking to the field grass My memories build worlds and voids, steps and ladders shy away from my path Something tells me to climb upward latch onto these fears I house within my shoes, maybe take off the glasses I wear as an excuse, to ignore your outstretched hand But in disguise, a hopeless wonder A small shallow breath Accepting defeat against my stubbornness This fear is nothing but distance I strive to keep Because if I give you all of these words and instead of grasping them tightly they slip between your fingers fallen, forgotten, meaningless. then what?