What I Am

by Elisha
(Brooklyn, NY)

I know you have someone on the other side but I truly love you I know they say love is a strong word but I can’t stop thinking of you. Oh how I wish to see your beautiful face again and touch your cheeks with my very cold hands. Your smile is as bright as the sun just as how I last saw how it looked. I never kissed you because I fear the worst for you, the thing that keeps me away from showing the real me, the thing that limit me from doing things like others. The worst part is that I can’t stop this “thing”. What I am is something powerful that no regular man would ever believe... a...