Barricaded

You wonder where I’m hiding
You don’t know where I am.
I’m really not worth finding
Please, just understand.

All this time
I never went away.
I’m right here where you left me
Because I promised you I’d stay.

You’ve searched all around
Lacking any sign of me.
I’m behind a thousand latches
But I swallowed every key.

In the shadows of the door
I hear you out there, wandering around.
I won’t open it anymore
And you’re afraid to crash it down.

Curled up in the shadows
Under windows, fiercely barred.
Burying my face
So delectably scarred.

I just want your forceful might
Kicking down this shield.
I inhale to call for you.
Upon your approach, I yield.

Break in my barricaded heart
Trespassing into my soul.
I long ago handed over
my precious
valuable
fortress
of
cherished
generous
stubborn
irrelevant
worthless………..

Control.