My Poem Is Symbolic Of Men And Their Fear Of Being Vulnerable Poem by Leighton Tunnell

Vulnerability
I let my guard down with you and it's too late to re-engage. At times I feel like spectacle to an audience on stage. The fear makes you run away. But, how do you let go of a love once you've Truly embraced it. Or one that feels so good to your Palette you continually long to taste it. You hold on to your hope and let nothing replace it. There was. Time I shunned Compatibility and and chose to choose anonymity, for it became my safe haven and Protection against vulnerability. To fall in love with someone seemed to be sheer stupidity. For there are no guarantees and you risk all mental stability. But then our love was birthed and I seemed to be reborn.
You've patched my heart in places I've never known to be torn. Still our love was inco-hate,
New and newly formed. So we started on it from infancy, focused on mental veracity. Allowed room for forgiveness and Deepened our loves capacity.
First we learned how to crawl we took baby steps and learned to walk. We learned that where problems did exist. We learned it was best we'd talk. Soon we discovered our love was worth the risk. Damn how I love the way you kiss. Never in my wildest dreams have I ever envisioned anything like this. There was a fear of being hurt. But I feared loosing you even more. Here's a Crazy Metaphor.
It's like I'm this Enormous beach house with a paucity of a door. A more reason to love you continually washed there way up on shore. For as many reasons I've found to be fearful of love. You've given me even more reason to embrace it. So where I once found Vulnerability. I now find love to Replace it.