Slipping

All you ever wanted

Was to be free,

But I seethed with a fire

That detained your nature,

Breeding a distrust that

Disrupted the harmonies

Your innermost desires have been singing

For as long as I can remember.

Frightened,

You retreat into consciousness

Where your truths are your lies,

Where your lies are my truths,

Where boundaries are blurred

By exchanges of misunderstood innuendos

And metaphors govern

The sacred interactions we share.

Return to me.

Release me from the flames

So I can set you free once again.

-LKS 9/20/12