Tangled Rhythm

Quiet tangled rhythm

Soft, elusive, messy

Constant yet controlled

Comfort yet confusing

If I ran my fingers

Through your tangles

If I worked through

All your knots

Slowly, carefully

Lovingly with gentleness

Would you let me?

Please don’t shy away

I’m afraid too

But something I realize

Is that I truly love you

I want to run often

Yet I choose to stay

Even though in truth

I’m constantly afraid

So I get it, I think

You just want to be safe

Just try to trust me

And I’ll prove that I’ll stay

I mean the words I speak

I pour my soul before you

My darling mystery

My heart is honest and true

Maybe I say too much

Maybe I love too deeply

You just mean the world to me

But I know that you don’t need me

If I don’t light up your nights

If I am but a nuisance

Then, pray, send me away

Otherwise, I mean to do this

Let me come a little closer

Slowly open up the door

Can you trust that if I hurt you

Tenfold I will restore

For to love you is my intention

Though I stand as a mere human

I’m bound to make mistakes

But my heart does not pursue them

So please forgive my faults

Understand where lies my heart

That I hope to never hurt you

Only to lend you my support

I’m fading out again

A mere whisper in the dark

To speak peace into your dreams

And calm into your heart

You need only to speak

A word, and I’ll be there

To calm your anxious thoughts

And make you feel secure