I'm fading fast, flailing
arms signal as I step
back to the place I once loved,
dreamed of and above all
trusted

but it's hard to set back
once already adjusted and
wash away the paucity
imbedded in the way I
lived

and loved because I
was scant-hearted, downtrodden
subjugated and felt forgotten
betrayed backwards, heartbroken
from all left unspoken

still I've fallen so fast
and despite all of that
I look into my soul, the
depths of that which I know
and I hear in your voice
the promise of everything
I long for, long forgotten
coming into true form.

How I could be so scared,
so goosy and callow
when I fade back and
all I can feel is
loved.