Hiding Hero

Let me hide

safe and sound inside

in your arms abide

my soul has cried.

Let the world turn

let it rock and churn

its deep flame burn

as day and night return.

I have in agony screamed

burned in a relentless sunbeam

begged for Mercy's sweet stream

in my own hope filled dream.

Now I hide in plain sight

ain't no hero tonight

no special white knight

just me shivering in fright.

When the terror is passed

a moment to breath here at last

and once again I outlast

hoping that you have held fast.

So sorry I am lost

that I'm f*cked and criss-crossed

well aware what it has cost

and the nights you have tossed.

Doesn't mean I love you less

when I fall, such a mess

when my thoughts I can't express

my heart still yearns for your caress.

Please don't think that I'm not trying

its just inside my heart is crying

and my mind to me is lying

and it feels that I am dying.

But I will rise up again

be your hero, be your man

in your battle take a stand

protect you safely in my hand.

It a promise I have made

on love's foundation I have laid

and to God I have prayed

to be your hero in a love crusade.

I must purge from this the one for whom it was written. What I thought was love, was deceit. But the poetry stands as it is.