Coming out

just a little something I wrote for someone who means a lot to me

Coming out

You stay so hidden though
    you are well seen;
All of your secrets, feelings,
    and dreams.
You thought no one cared,
    you thought no one could see,
but you were so wrong,
    because you met me.
I knew you before
    the day we met;
I don't know how,
    just a feeling I get.
Somehow I feel
    all of your pain;
The distance you put between us
    is driving me insane.
I pulled, you pushed,
I tried to make you see
Somehow you are
    a part of me.
My soul and yours
    belong together,
But yet, sometimes I have to stand back
    and say "whatever".
So many years have gone by
    yet looking at you,
    I still sigh.
You are slowly coming out of your shell;
You smile more often,
    that is how I can tell.
Your feelings are happier;
Your eyes,
    how they shine,
Could it be,
    your heart loves mine?
Sometimes it scares me
    to know you so well;
We dream the same dreams,
Say the very same things,
We both think we are
    the black sheep of our families.
We are so much the same,
    more inside than out.


                                  Tammi 08/07