Humbled

I have been greatly humbled by love. 

I tried to avoid it

Like the truth I didn’t want to know 

I tried to run away 

But could not outrun my own shadow 

I tried to kill it

But it grew back twice as strong 

I embraced it with open arms

And I’ve never been more wrong

My soul naked before you,

All my worst flaws

Dazzled in shiny black

Like oozing blood gone dry

Every lie I told myself

You saw through

The person I never had the guts to be

You dreamed up too

And you dared to ask me

What I see in you? 

With the grace of a 

bull in a china shop

your best intentions

come crashing to the floor

I cannot help but love your flaws 

For you I took off all my armor

And fell to my knees 

But tell me, will you ever stop

trading growth for peace?