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Didn't Warn Me Many years of work I've broken the shell became "in-touch with" my feelings Let life move me Heard their pain They didn't warn me.. ...how exposed it would leave me, like a tortoise without a shell. I expected to find great joy inside, but instead: pain, fear, sadness, and grief. So... that's where I put it, all these years. Sometimes I miss: The days of being numb The joy of false confidence The ease of justification The excitement of reckless chaos Where do I go from here? The thing I despised, the thing I didn't trust, the thing I feared would expose me the most. This is the answer, the path for me: my undiscovered brothers, my fellow men, connecting to God through them The path is slow; the evidence is quiet so easy to forget... no going back. |
 Drawing by Martin Brossman © 2006 Fear of Intimacy so Deep Our fears of intimacy, so deep, so unconscious, Curled up in a corner of our heads even write a heartfelt poem or two Dipping your toe, is not swimming! Who do you turn to in need, in pain? Mostly women for me. Ripping off another mans chance to nurture. Know the cost? the cost is our son’s souls. |
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