The unguarded soul

Is who I want to be

Not just for a split second

But all the time

I believe it’s the truest form

Someone can be

Without it

We’re actors in the dark

Dying for belonging

With armor round the heart

It's just show and story

Trying to be enough

So I learned to stay and feel

When every part would run

Learned to hold the boy inside me

Like a father holds his son

Not abandoning myself

To feel the love and freedom

from within

And look up with my unguarded soul

To meet you there

And I love you

No matter what you choose

If you leave

If you stay

If I lose you

I will love you

Through the silence and the cold

Standing in that field

With my unguarded soul

With it

There is connection

You didn’t have to earn

Intimacy freely chosen

Given and received

Trust without the fear

Of losing who you are

So I’ll learn to stay with myself

On the other side

As promised, my love

Cause I love you

No matter what you choose

If you turn

If you break

If you refuse

I will love you

Till my body lets you go

Standing in that field

With my unguarded soul

I’m not here to shape you

Not here to make you mine

Not here to close your freedom

Or pull you into mine

I just reach my hand out

Across the great unknown

And ask if you can meet me there

As only you alone

So here I am

Standing in this field

Wanting to meet you here

Unguarded

So I love you

No condition left to prove

Not to bind you

Not to save you

Not to lose

Just to love you

With these open shaking hands

Standing in that field

Still reaching while I can

With my unguarded soul