Look Me In The Eye Poem by RIC BASTASA

Look at me in the eye
I am strong now. I can
Look at you closely
Unharmed. You change
Me to stone? You can’t
I am ready. Look at
Me in the eye. I am not
Scared anymore. I can
Look at you with nothing
To feel now. Years of
Binding.In the room
Of love I have confined
Myself. To your coldness.
I could have died. But
No, I have managed
To keep this heart
Soft. Alive. I am not
Broken. I have not
Allowed it. Look at me
In the eye. I have loved
You. Time heals. I have
Gone beyond loving you.
I am now free. You
Cannot own me forever
In your cold hands.
My heart has wings.
It has its own feet now.
Jumping with joy
To its newfound
Freedom. Love of myself.
I am now myself whole
Again. I love you.