Soul

Soul Searching

You can only run so long
You can only hide for a while
Then It'll find you

It's not a temporary voice
   Nor a fleeting force of feeling
It's the truest of you

So you sit down to find out
   Search what makes It tremble
               what makes It quiver
                what makes It swell with pure delight
What holds it to you

But you don't search all at one
   You take tiny, careful glances
Or It'll overwhelm you

Because It's not a simple object
   It's a powder-keg of emotions
          a delicatley woven pattern
            of raw pain and shame
             of all that makes you feel
All that's real in you

So instead you keep running
   You hide as long as you can
Because It's you

And you don't want to face who you are
   Nor know wht it is about your soul
That forces you to be you