in the shade of a man

 
okay I'm going to let go a bit
it's going to hurt but it will be alright
I need to be me and you to be you

I focus on the journey
on my diary of love
learning who I am within the pain
becoming a companion, less of a little girl

I'm not ready in this life
to tie a cord
but your soul shadowed mine
and I knew
the shaded understanding of a man

it made me weak this knowledge
it made me blush
my nakedness burns
it hurts to be this vulnerable
perhaps that's part of the learning curve

I am beauty bare
no veil. or disguises do I wear
in honesty I am revealed
it took a long time to get here
no longer lying to myself
thinking I was hidden from you

my soul linger in the depths
and found God