To Speak

Did I forget

Who owned the words?

Did I let emotions

Paint reason into absurd?

Did I forget

Whose story I tell?

Did I let fear

Take over and quell

The gift of resolve?

–

These scars are heavy

When no longer hidden.

I may not be ready,

But I feel I’m driven.

Is that enough to stand,

To persevere though pained?

Would You force this hand

So unsure, so untrained,

To trace the words You choose?

All I am, all I’ve been,

Belongs solely to You,

My timeless love, my ageless friend.