The Ice and Me

Ice lingers on the pond

behind the house that isn't home

Hardly a moment to myself,

yet i'm always alone.

They never hear the thoughts

that linger on my mind.

They don't see the real me,

The one I've hidden deep inside.

To them I am the ice

Cold and hard to touch.

I think that they forget,

It melts when warmed enough.

I only keep my distance,

because I am afraid,

that if they knew the real me,

They'd never let me stay.

you see, inside i'm different.

warm and full of love.

But there's a darker side to me,

That even i'm afraid of.

I don't understand it,

but acceptance is the key.

It makes all the difference

between reality and dreams.

Dreams are where I spend my days,

and many sleepless nights.

In them I am safe and loved,

and everything's alright.

But when it's time to wake again,

I go outside and see

the ice that lingers on the pond.

The ice that's just like me.