I fear you,

I fear you,

Even as the light you carry,

Beckons me on,

Driving me deeper,

Into the dark unknown recesses

I have so often skirted

In this tip toe through life.

But I am drawn

By the swirl of shadows

That flicker with playful intensity.

Teasing and tempting me forward,

Leading me onward

Deeper into the gloom.

Will it bring me closer to you?

Or will I meet only my doom.

When I saw you first,

It was as a silhouette,

An alluring cipher

With a meaning

So hard to determine.

An intriguing enigma

That cast a subtle illumination

On my poor grey soul,

Casting it in a new light,

Exposing its hidden depths

As exotic and dangerous.

I was inspired

To explore the wilderness

As a stranger

In my own imagination,

As a visitor, unto myself,

Until you introduced me

To the way of things,

And I found the only truth

To look for in life

Was the true nature of love

This knowing strengthened me.

But in that strength

Lies a cruel vulnerability.

As I fear its loss,

The darkness

It will bring if I let it go.

So I follow,

Haunted by the pain of love,

And the fear I will lose it,

Before I have

Come close enough to understand

The far sight of its significance.