Leorai A-Z Challenege

Open

I don't know how you do it

I build my walls and guard them fiercely
Keeping anyone and everyone away
From seeing the inner me
From discovering my fears, secrets, and deepest thoughts
Because I fear the mocking, judgement, and vulnerability
Because those I would never allow

But then you come along

Somehow, you manage to break through and enter
And see everything I keep within
You sneak into my heart and mind's center
And find what nobody else knows
So soon, my walls begin to wither
Just for you, because of you

How do you do that?

How is it you understand?
How do you know me so well so easily?
You read me like a fortune-teller reads the palm of a hand
You listen to my voice and silence as if they were a song
And translate them into something you'll understand
You read me, study me, listen to me, to know me

You open me up

You swing me open wide
Like a door on a safe
And have me poor out on sight
Make me tell you everything
What's easy or hard, what's wrong or right
What I think or know, and so much more
I confide to you without a fight
I automatically reveal myself to you

You are amazing

I mean it; you just are
Not just because you make me feel so open
To expose my heart, my mind, my scars
My secrets and my emotions
But because you do it because you're you

I'm fascinated by you
By your odds and ends, your exterior and interior
Your pros and cons, your don'ts and dos
What make's you superior or inferior
Whatever makes you yourself

You're your own piece of art
From in and out, head to toe
And like art, you make me start
To feel something towards you
Connection and attachment
Intrigue and affection

You do not frown nor condemn
You take in and discuss
There are no fights to lose or win
Just conversations exchanged
And then it begins
My locks are picked to open up to you

You do the same, making it easier
You share with me too, making it better
Soon, we go back and forth like a swing
From me to you and you to me, we bring
So much to confess and explain
Everything extra and main
And that is how it is done
I'll admit it's interesting and fun
As well as uncomfortable and awkward
How we exchange so much to each other, word by word
But you tell that it is normal
How we share and what we share is not unusual
And make's us totally human

You open to me
I open to you
We share what we think, feel, hear, and see
Do I want to change that?

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