Teach Me to Be Shy

Here we are wrapped up together tucked deep inside this room

finding a way to ignore the world outside

while I hope that the moment

will stretch on forever.

I'm not asking for a fairytale

I am just asking for a lifetime

of deepest companionship

of silent understanding

of sacred communion

between two seperate souls

that have chosen to bind themselves together

locked inside the warmth of a room

that closes out the rest of the world

while I listen to your heartbeat.

Twine your fingers in my hair.

Kiss my mouth so I can taste you.

Hold me closer so I can feel you

and try to trap the animal

that's been gnawing at my insides for so long

I don't know how to tame it.

I want to remain sequestered here with you

until the world outside comes crashing in

and time starts its motions again.

For now it will be just you and me

two strangers who have found one another

and battle our demons

while trying to batter down walls that

we have built in self defense.