the window

If somehow in the reaching
I have gone too far
please forgive

but it seemed so worth
the aching honesty
and beautiful dream
to lay before you my heart

in its many colors
and I know that reality often intrudes
with disappointment and fear
but still, still
I hope for more

and choose to live in
this way, daring all
hoping that you see past
the outside into
the blue window of my soul.