Inside Me

If I uncover me

Will you still think I'm pretty?

Close your eyes

I don't want to be raw

I don't want to be naked

I don't want to be real

I don't want to broken 

Of this love that I feel

I want to be whole

Not full of deceit

No more pretense

Or false pride

Just complete 

So I bring you me

With hope that you'll see

Inside my soul

There's a Scared person 

Wanting to be free

So I could love

You complete

Close your eyes

Can you see

Me standing there

Raw and naked

Tossing my debris

Waiting to love you

Sharing  my soul

Unguarded heart

A love story

Of you and me

Deborah R. Shaw

The Silent Stalker