Scared

Sitting beside me, I find comfort
    Your breath, your heart beat, your touch
It’s almost as if you’ll always be
    My friend, my lover, my life

I didn’t expect to find you
    Really, I didn’t plan to look
Love was something that ripped me apart
    Nothing I had hoped to find

I’m scared
    Two little words that consume me
I’m scared
    Two words I lived by

Life meant being afraid
    Acceptance was never near
An outsider in my own right
    Someone else’s shadow

I could never take one step forward
    I feared the fall I would take
So I stood in the background
    Forsaking my heart

I lived a life of fear
    Knowing nothing of what it could be
Love was a dirty four lettered word
    Never to be whispered from my lips

You have changed my life
    Through your eyes I see so much
A beauty I never saw
    A man, a friend, a lover

You have brought me to a place in life
    Where being scared is alright
I may utter those two little words
    But I know in your heart, I’m ok

I know it’s cliché to talk of safety in your arms
    But it’s truly what I feel
I feel safe, I feel loved
    I know it’s my home

You have tremendous strength
    That heart of yours
So when I say that “I’m scared”
    Your strength of heart finds me

I know that I will be ok
    I know that I am loved
I know that it’s ok to be scared
    I know that I am yours

I will forever love you
    These feelings I can’t hide
You have shown me that it’s ok to be scared
    And I know, I am never alone