Do not leave me
Be present even when light
abandons me
Hear the unheard lonely cry
of cowardice, amid tearful cheers
from the proud podiums
of my heroisms
Look into my inequities
Engage my insecurities
Feel the treble
in my tremor
and save me
from the dark pitfalls
of my fears
Set free my captive infirmities
no one sees,
and parachute courageously
beyond cliffs
of untold possibilities
with me
Sieving my true identity
from the tangled threads
of my mind in the hands
of my own reflection
longing to sing
its own solo;
Be my shadow
Question my soul\'s wandering
and ask it my name
to see if it has ever met me
Tell me the distance to other side
to the man standing in wait for me
Urge me
to make it before sunset
lest I have missed my own becoming
when you lie with me
in my stillness