Hiding In the Crowd: Part 2

But, I think your heart is screaming out For something else For love For intimacy For acceptance Unconditional love Someone who will never leave your side Even when you are sick and weary Even when you become the monster That you long to destroy Someone who can see your inner beauty Your pain and agony Even when that dark side of you Emerges and explodes And lashes out with hatred And love you in spite of it Will forgive and forget And not keep a mental record Of mistakes you have made Or wrongs you do at times And who instead Will take you into their arms And hold and caress you Until the pain goes away I think you are longing For someone Who won't abuse you In the name of protection Abandon you Reject you Hurt you Judge you Scar you Or use you And who really understands the real you Someone you can be yourself around Who you don't have to put on an act for Who will love you Even after you figuratively undress for them Exposing all of your weaknesses and flaws Revealing to them The man that you truly are That you are terrified Of anyone knowing In fear that some part of you Will be deemed unlovable By someone you care for