I Don't Show You My Face

I don't peer over and focus on you because i know my pupils will be deep moons and confess what i don't want them to.

I don't open my eyelids and let in light

I don't show you my face My neck muscles tight

But i do listen

To each slow, soft movement

Of your toes against my heart's defense

Because your sharp nail punctures and scratches what my mistakes made so thick, a defense from your temptation.

I have to keep concentration.

I don't open my eyelids to let in you

You don't give the truth in what you do.

But i do listen

And i do learn.