There Was...

There was the longing to reach To let secrets be known But the fear that emotions would show There was the yearning to love And be loved in return Yet anxiety continued to burn There was the longing to jump Into the unknown abyss Felt the mark was too large to miss So I jumped And the arrow fell short The target was missed But the response wasn't an unfeeling retort Instead you understood My wings were stripped from me But you helped me glide to safety There used to be a spark inside I thought it was extinguished but was wrong It still burns strong There used to be a knife plunged deep It was removed But the wound still seeps There is now the wish to turn pages To write the next chapter of my life With words that forget the strife And press on