From beneath

Come to me

My heart is aching

And my back is breaking

From the heavy burden of all of this loneliness

So much that I forgot

How it was to hope and trust

In ever being known again

So if I run

And feel as though I will

Come undone

When you ask of me

A way back

Who is it that I am running from

And what fear of mine is it that possesses me

At these moments

Where it feels as though

All the ground beneath my feet

Is about to swallow me up

As I ask myself

Is this not just terror

Mixed with longing and relief

As my hidden frightened self

Emerges from beneath