I’m not fooled

if I tell you the truth I sense

hidden at the heart of your hurting

and then you deny

what I perceive

how am I to be

what happens inside my mind?

if I fall into silence

it is only because so often I learned

vulnerability would rather wear a mask

and even now I know the rage we have to bury

when they never saw or could

help us to be real

but lately the price of my denial and doubt

my refusal of my own knowing

is becoming to high to pay

so if I walk away

I just had to

find a place to breathe

and be free

finding the strength

to trust these deep intuitions

I always sensed

Inside of me