Continuing Fear

It won't stop

This subconscious awareness

Of what it could be

Of what they could say

Of what I could be seen as

I push you away

Because the memory is fresh

Will it always be?

I say it will

I am caught in a cage

With only one window

The only view -

The never-sleeping eye 

Of humanity

Walking away

Seems so easy now

I guess I've had plenty of practice

If I don't know where it started, how will it ever end?

Turn my back again

Knowing that you care

This intimacy you desire

Is something I won't dare