Its this skin that has become my cage

flesh rotting away my soul my fervor

wrinkling against time

and damaged with  harsh reality 

explain  why 

when i know that this “mortal coil”

holds me down 

they say its gravity but i know better

my soul is restless eager to escape

crawling out my mouth tasting wind 

like freedom

catching on fire like oil 

impassioned 

then crawls back inside me 

fearing its last view 

the scariest sight 

you 

because i care so much 

what you think and 

feel

but the possibility of 

of your rejection is overwhelming 

“don’t care what others think” 

“just be yourself “

but what if ourself isn’t 

good enough 

all this preparation and pep talk 

leaves us like story books with no pages

and we walk through our lives wearing cages 

used more like armor

to keep chance out

but im daring myself 

to let you in

have shooting stars be flash backs 

of our space traveling bodies shuffling off skin 

getting to know each other 

really know each other

shamefully

but never regretful 

always passionate 

loving

and after 

lay next each other like fallen trees

with nothing left to lose

intertwining fingers and branches

in between dimensions 

that forgot to include time 

meshed together sunrise an sunset

filling the sky with our chances

explosion

free for all

paint

on atmospheres canvas

with our finger tips

leave our initials on the sand 

swept away told 

to passer bys 

becoming legends

larger than giants 

on steroids

i promise youll hit home runs

every time you hold my hand

and whisper our future like ocean breeze

wrap your arms around me like 

blankets on winter evenings

but for right now unzip me

so you can see my skeleton and organs fly away

see my flawless

slightly used soul 

kiss me

so we might taste eden 

from our bedrooms