Stripped Defenseless

The rate at which I'm falling for you
well its alarming
I usually have my wits about me
Well guarded
As many hard lessons have been learned
But you have a way of stripping me of all defenses
of sending me sailing, to float blissfully among the clouds
Filling every void
that for years have ached and yearned
The ease that I am able to exist in your presence
makes it feel as if we've been at this thing for years
I stand before you so confident and authentically myself
My once bitter and closed off heart
now ready to be vulnerable and love with out fear
I ask of you to please be gentle with me
as those before you have not been very kind
Please forgive the occasional moments of sudden distancing
I'm working on healing this suspicious heart and mind
Trust is not something that comes easy to me
I've known and loved many different faces of Judas
Each time I was sure I had met the worst of them
Came another well disguised snake
winning me over with his charm and articulated smoothness
Are you able to give me what I deserve?
I've made a promise to myself that I will no longer settle
I know what I'm worth and I wont take anything less
Are you ready to be loved on a entirely different level?
I'm not used to writing like this much less thinking like this
My world is usually dark and dreary
You've brought a light into my life that is bringing things back to life
I'm beginning to see my true self again with a different set of eyes and more clearly
The rate at which im falling for you
although as alarming as it may be
has me on cloud nine at heights i've never reached before
I wait in anticipation of where this is going to lead