NOT MINE

Gripped by a fear
Washing over me like
Black ink
Thick
Tangled
Terror

Out of nowhere
It rushed in
And covered me
Infiltrating
Every molecule
In me

I know fear
I do not keep
Company
With it
However
This fear
Is unfamiliar
This fear
Is not
Mine

Dear Love
I am
Trembling
For you
With you
About you
Because of you

Wanting to
Protect
Your soft pink
Inside
Your silken dark
Outside
Ready to
Throw myself
In front of
Whatever
It is

That threatens
You
That scares
You
That separates
Us

Tears rolling
Down my face
From deep
Rage
Helpless & blind
To what
Force
I even need
To protect you
From