Like learning to walk

I want to be bare beyond my skin
Free to expose
All that I am
Lacking the fear
Of your fear of me
Knowing it doesn't exist


It's like learning to walk
Rolling from heel to toe
Unsteadily
Reaching for a handhold
And finding yours
Warm and strong
In the cold


I don't know what I'm doing
I don't expect you to tell me
But if I ask
I know you'll answer
Suggest
Not demand
My path my own
Yours to take as long as you choose


Stay with me
While it suits you
Breath for breath
Step for step
No destination on the map
But each other