I can’t tell you
What I need
Because what I need
Is for you
To know
Without needing to be told
This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
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maybe i’m not shy
or introverted
or defective
or broken
or any of the other put downs
my mind likes to offer up
maybe
just maybe
i am exactly who i needed to be
to survive
cautious
careful
considerate
maybe i learnt
to look before i leap
to consider all possibilities
to be sure before allowing myself to relax
maybe that negative voice
only speaks of the version of me
that has his guard up
maybe
just maybe
if you get to know me
if you wait long enough
if you earn my trust
maybe then
i’ll let you in
maybe then
you will see
who i really am
This poem is from the book, ‘Poetry from a Dark Night of the Soul’.
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