Eyes like chocolate and a smile rich with energy, sit heavy on my chest. A weight of joy followed by a shadow of doubt. For when I think about giving you me, I fall apart. Secrets will crawl from the cracks of doors and whispers will slip from window panes. They may come screaming from the bottom of my soul or come quietly to wrap slowly around your ankles. And before you, those were only mine to keep, to suffocate. So here I stand trying to hold myself together while you pick me apart within your embrace that provides shelter, from lips that give me breath and words that warm my soul. All while I try to run, picking up my baggage to leave, because it's all too scary to handle.