What Open Feels Like

Don’t shrink away from it

Can’t fear their reaction

No use in hiding

Once you embrace

OPEN

With all it’s beauty

And so much pain

For you see it all

Both sides of life

You will not be able

To return

To what you remember

As the safety

Of CLOSED

Unimaginable

To close the eyes

Of your soul

Once again

To what you have seen

And see every day

No, there’s no running from it

And you know that you don’t want to

Your sight, permanently altered

Unable to return

To that which you were

Yes, OPEN hurts

And it is who you are now

It’s where you live and breathe

And you stand

Stronger in the knowledge