Your Effect on Me

I love to be alone except when you are near
My mind was suffocated but now it seems clear
I used to find myself clever and witty
When I was living in the middle of the city

But my brain was clogged and my heart stopped beating
Too afraid to get a psychic reading
For what she may have seen inside
All the demons I have to hide

So you can never know who I was before
My feelings kept locked behind a door
With chains wrapped around till the wood was covered
Afraid to ever get close to another

And all these pages scribbled with feelings
Most of them painful, but some of them healing
I tried to move on from mistakes that I made
But constant reminders lurk deep in the shade

And come out when you feel careless and free
This is the story, everyday that I see
So kiss my cheek as I sleep, and dream about love
You are the one that helped me rise above

Copyright 2014 © Stephen Gedney