What Would Happen

What would happen

If I were to turn inside out?

Would you want to see?

Would you want to know?

What these wounds of mine are?

Would you truly like that?

What would you say?

What would you think?

What would you feel

If I were to reveal my true self?

Would I destroy you?

What price would you pay

When I unmasked my soul

With its welts and its wounds

With its chasms and voids?

What would you like to know

What cruelties and burdens

I bring upon you!

With what reasoning could I ever do that?

While it hurts you some, that I keep my distance

Well it’s for you

While you may not see

With all I do

I swear it is because of you


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