Am I close enough to you …

am I close enough to you
for you to see life dancing in my eyes
rather than just the beauty you admire on my surface?

am I close enough to you
for you to feel my true, naked skin
rather than just the figure you long to touch?

am I close enough to you
for you to hear everything in my voice
rather than just the words you want to hear?

am I close enough to you
for you to yearn to embrace all of my perfections
rather than just hold me in your idealisation?

am I close enough to you
for you to discover my love in my strength
rather than the love that lies in your fear?

am I close enough to you
for you to accept me in your openness
rather than just through your closed heart?

tell me, what are you afraid of?
to fall? to break? to get hurt?
to fall out of love? or to love again?