Pictures on Your Skin, on my Mind

Intriguing secrets revealed in the artwork on your skin
I want to enter your world that is tempting taboo
I want to tell you of my hunger and that I am not afraid
But the words are only in my head
I am an enigma, but only to myself

You see right through me and know me better than I
How did you get so wise?
Peeling away my layers you uncover my weakness
And break through my armor finding a way in

Even as I resist you help me look inside
I begin to crave the epiphanies as much as I crave you
I look at myself through your eyes
As I see you through new eyes

A dream threatens to come to fruition
A yearning I can no longer ignore
Just when I am ready to release my restrain
The circumstances alter

Your honesty is loving and painful
But now the stakes have changed
The risk too great to carry on
The need too deep to walk away

I had to amend my rules
I needed to protect my heart
I forbade myself to love you
To protect my heart from harm

You’re spirit had such beauty
How could I not fall?
I thought I could protect my heart
I tried to guard it, I tried
But your power was too great
I knew the stakes yet I broke my rules

Now as I watch you leave I have to hold my breath
so you won't hear me scream when you walk away

Left alone with this love burning an emptiness inside me
Hours fade into days that never end
My heart aches with every beat

I am grateful for the details branded in my memory
of every moment spent with you
These images are the only part of you I get to keep forever

Your picture still smiles at me whenever I need it to
I still try to look at myself through your eyes
This love I will always have for you is also for me
This love, it doesn’t end