Inside Me

Here stand I inside my skin
Afraid to let the outside in
Afraid to utter what I feel
Afraid that it might make it real
Living instead a life of doubt
Feeling safe if not found out
I could but use my voice to scream
My feet to run, my heart to dream
I could but go the way I choose
But risk I not, lest I might lose
Stand paralyzed within my days
Of mediocre, stagnant ways
I could but use my eyes to see
My mind to think, my soul to be
Thus could we ALL but grow and learn
That life is love and pain and yearn
And life is meant to feel and touch
So make of your life so much… so much
- Chelsea Rose