In this cocoon
I shield myself
from both darkness and the light
I shrink away
from all those, things
which suffer me to sight
I close my heart
my desires too
for what reasons I cannot say
I know your eyes
I’ve felt your heart
but here inside is a monstrous fay
A dewy rose of innocence
your soul of shade and shine
tempts this broken gate to avow
… but I am rusted to the bone
A Gap In The Clouds 