My feelings unspoken
Are like chains unbroken:
Restraining. Containing
The beast locked within.
To have them be heard…
A heart turned to word…
Uncurtained, uncertain
Of where to begin.
I know I can’t fight
The coming of night.
I don’t know what’s right
When I hear you coming.
Who knows what I’ll say
When night turns to day.
I’ll continue this way
Into the land of numbing.
I look in your hazel eyes
Hoping this feeling dies
But the beast smells a feast
And my heart needs to roar.
Steel bars start to bend
And I cannot contend
So I do what feels true:
Let the beast break down the door.
I knew not to fight
The coming of night.
I did what felt right
When I heard you calling.
Who knows what I’ll say
When night turns to day.
I’ll continue this way
Though it feels like falling.
The cage opens wide,
Lets the monster outside.
The beast is released
And it pounces on you.
But claw scratches steel;
How can this be real?
Could it be, just like me,
There’s a beast inside you?
I welcome our fight
In the coming of night.
Can’t know that I’m right
But it’s worth the gamble.
Who knows what I’ll say
When night turns to day
But I no longer hide
For lack of preamble.
