I See You

we all hide away

fearful of imagined threats

that seem like reality

all it took was one look

and for a moment

i saw you

i. saw. you.

for that i am eternally grateful

i'd never embraced someone 

without my arms or thoughts

so it scared the shit out of me

and i hid

i imagined threats

and over and over and over again

you tore back each layer

showed me your truth, again

flawed, melancholy, devious, innocent

yet still hiding

i used to be that little child hiding

away from my mind and 

my elaborate imagination

until i saw myself in you

and you saw yourself in me

the light broke through the dark

and became us

and showed me the truth

i'd been hiding from myself

all along


©Robert F Piazza, Sr