Please see me : to understand

Please see me

I am aching to be seen and known by you

And I am also interested in your soul

What are the secrets you hide

And who are you really inside

When the party is over and the door is closed?

Trust can take some time to build

There are those who will

Not see us either

As hard as we struggle to be seen

And then there is also

The one who watches and waits within

Who sees and knows

Whose voice and perspective become dimmer

The further we travel away

From our inner self and inner knowing

But just remember this

As much as you long to be see

So too does the world

Especially when the way to true feeling gets blocked

Or loses all meaning

That is the time we most need

To try to

Open both our hearts and minds

To sense

To attune

To empathize

To understand

To extend ourselves in love and companionship

To ourselves

And to our fellow man