Undone

I've worked the whole summer 

Away 

and the ground beneath my feet has dried

And shriveled 

The crickets are screaming 

And my skin is untanned

Adult life 

Begining 

A beautiful man found me 

A man of my dreams 

But what are my dreams?

I am finding they may be

Different 

Than the all the dreams I dreamed 

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And the voice guiding me is warmer

Than the man's 

Yet I must give him a chance

Because in life we must

For what if 

We miss out? 

Don't let me down 

I whisper 

In bed I sprawl 

Fighting every pessimistic thought

He is not perfect

Nor am I 

But what about him? 

Why can't I accept

That I should not be

In his arms  

Why can't I 

Run 

Why can't these shackles

Come undone? 

Am I just afraid 

To love? 

I am a brave woman 

Forever wandering

in a deep wood 

With forked paths 

My heart on my sleeve

My tears ready

To leave