Look Away

Some days, there, I see it.
You had to look away.

You never understood my fire.
You had to look away.

When I didn’t do just right.
When, in pain, I had to fight.
You had to look away.

And, when you looked,
When our eyes met,
I saw the fear and shame.
I mustered lonely courage,
So as not to live in same.

It’s scary on this road alone,
More fright’ning, still, to stay.

True to self. Loving me.
I had to look away.