Safe Distance

More autobiographical sunshine!

I long ago learned
To use it like a cloak..
To wear it when needed
To provide safety...
Indifference

I could stare out from within its folds...
Observing
The danger, the taunts, the pain, the risk....
Muffled within it`s darkness
Safety

You could strike me...
I`d hardly feel
You could reject me...
It wouldn`t sting
You could love me...
I wouldn`t notice
Hidden

Distance is security...
But it`s comfort is cold and empty

As the years roll on
The distance becomes...
Involuntary
What once was a refuge...
Now a cage
Locked inside...
Without a key
Imprisoned

Once a safe haven..
Now a trap
Breeding contempt...
Lashing out from within
At anyone foolish enough..
To stray too close
Waiting

I`m watching you
You keep a safe distance
But sooner or later...
You will slip up
And when you do...
I will pounce
And then you can see...
From my eyes...
The tunnel from my soul
To the world...

But at a distance

Author's Note

I have never written before...have no formal education. I just write what I live. Tell me what you think please.