Leashed (For Now)

Splattered with these emotions
Overrun and unaware
Can’t pin down the need to flee,
Not to flinch beneath your stare

It protests in the muscles
It itches on the skin
It slithers in the eyes
Turns bright world into din

The compulsion is barely leashed,
The will and want to run
But family claims they need me
To see the rising of the sun

Don’t dare say you love me!
The words will break my weakened grasp
Untie the pulsing potential
That lies behind the mask

Once it’s found its freedom
You know I’ll never stop
I’ll never slow my pace
I’ll never let myself be caught

Please, don’t dare touch me,
I couldn’t take another lie
And finger tips over skin
Is sure to make me cry

I once believed in touch
He led me to think it real
But he retracted the offer
Made light the way I feel

So please don’t say the words
Cause I’ll be forced to flee,
Don’t open that precious heart
Because there’s no trust left in me.