Chips in the Glass.

Distant radiance, wishing

it were near, 

Somewhere out there, why

not just right here?

So much to question, but 

question not, so the

voice explains, 

Heart open, spilling all

that remains, 

Don't tread there, for

its' all lain bare, 

Hiding in shame from

eyes that stare,

Yet somehow they

care, 

Please, not forsaken, 

just avoiding the

glare,

Explaining those scars, but

only for you, 

Please, don't tread there,

don't tear this heart

in two, 

Trust, so hard, but

an effort so

true, 

Opening this heart

for you, 

Radiance, out there, just

a shadow cast

down, 

Reaching beyond this

place, hoping

not to drown, 

Please, don't save

me now, 

Just open your heart

and let me in

somehow...

-END-

(C) D.C. Chapman

09/16/2013