Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks
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We both long to connect with someone
Not just anyone, but someone
Someone who gets us
For us to establish that type of connection
That deep level of connection
We’re going to have to find a way to trust each other
Trust each other with the ugly
The ugly remnants of our past
Not just our past, but who we are now
The not so pretty
The not so glamorous
The things that are painful, difficult, and super embarrassing
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We’ll have to dive into the emotional skeletons
We’ll have to crawl under the bed and see what’s under there
Really under there
That’s what it’s going to take
Take for us to have the type of connection
The one we both say we want to have
Are you sure you want this?
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We’re both a bit timid
A bit skittish
It’s understandable, since we’ve both been hurt
Both of us betrayed and let down
The trauma’s real
I won’t deny it
But we don’t have to live this way
Not anymore
We could do something different
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When most people think of naked, they think of it physically
But what about emotionally?
Have you ever really undressed emotionally?
I mean all the way down to nothing
That’s where I get my arousal
That’s where you’ll feel the most alive
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Not just the lust of the flesh
Let’s penetrate each other’s mind
There’s nothing more sexier than a person comfortable in their own skin
That’s the type of intimacy I think we’re both looking for
Searching for
Dying for
Am I right?
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What would be the hardest thing for you to share with me?
I mean the one where you’d struggle to look me in the eye as you told me?
Could you own that one with me?
Own it with nothing to hide behind
That type of vulnerability sets living ablaze
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Let’s burn together
Share our truths together
I want to see the corners of your mind
The ones that have never been swept
Will you show them to me?
Are you sure you want this?
This deep of a connection
Lots of people say they do
But do you really want it?
Want it enough to risk being exposed
Completely exposed in front of me?
Are you sure?
Don’t just say that
Only say it if you mean it
Are you sure?
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Let’s make a pact
Whatever your truth is, just own it
Don’t sugar coat it
Don’t make excuses for it
Just be real with me
However you feel, just convey that
I promise as long as it’s real
As long as it’s your truth
I won’t judge you
Let us only judge one another by the amount of truth we’re willing to reveal
The amount of honesty we’re willing to sit in
Sit in and not run from
Let us stand in the center of our own authentic self and say “This is who I am!
This is who I am and I make no apologies for it!”
Isn’t it true that both of us want that?
Don’t you want to be seen by someone?
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Not just seen, but known beneath the skin
Beneath the surface
Beneath the facades and charades
Beneath the lies we’ve grown so accustom to wearing
Who are you under there?
Can I see?
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No one even knows us
The real us
That’s why we need this
That’s why we need us
We both need someone to share our ugly with
Someone who has the same type of ugly
Only we can see that type of ugly for the beauty that it really is
Can you commit to this dynamic?
The type of connection that two people breathe as one?
Does that scare you?
Are you too afraid to open up to me?
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If you’re not ready to do this
Have this
Have this with me, then I understand
But lies don’t make good lovers
Half truths won’t cure the emptiness
Your shoulders weren’t meant to carry the weight
The weight that comes with pretending to be someone else
I’ve been in too many relationships like that
Where the person wasn’t ready
I’m not interested in doing that
Not anymore
I’m want something real
Something on fire
Something burning inside
I want to know that I’m alive
How about you?
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Wouldn’t it be easier to just let go?
Let go and be you?
You can trust me
Can I trust you?
Are you sure?
Be straight with me
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If we do this
There’s going to be some times,
Some times when you’re going to want run
‘Cause I’m going to hold up the mirror
The inner mirror
It won’t be easy
But I’m going to help you see what you can’t see without me
What I see from where I’m standing
The things that you’ve been too scared too look at
We’ll look at them together
Then vice versa
You can hold up the mirror for me
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O’ what liberation
This will free us both from the inner prisons
The ones that we’ve chosen to hide in for so long
As I said before, I won’t judge you
But I will hold you accountable to you
The real you
And you can do the same for me
We’ll challenge each other
Challenge each other to be who we really are
To be authentic
Real
Honest
And to get comfortable with that version of ourselves
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It’s time that we embrace the flaws and imperfections
To frame them differently
To see them accurately
To see them for what they really are
They’re gifts
Unique gifts that make us, us
Everyone won’t appreciate them
But we’re not called to everyone
The right one
The right one will see us
See how gorgeous we look draped down in them
I see you
Can you see me?
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Come into the light with me
Let’s do something different
Do something crazy
Let’s tear down the walls and storm the souls of one another
No defenses
No curtains
No walls
No protection
Just you and I standing there
Standing there together in emotional nakedness
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Let us dive down
Down into the core of each other’s very existence
At the energy level
The vibrational level
Where you can feel my acoustics
Where I can feel your waves
Don’t be scared
Just dance beneath the rhythm
The rhythm of our sound
Our truth
Touch my spectrum
Hold my light
Let my fingers trace your colors
As we explode like supernovas
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The intensity created from us being this honest, will frighten you
Really frighten you
I just want to warn you
Warn you ahead of time
Don’t freak out
Don’t run
Just let the fears pass through you
Pass over you like California waves
They won’t last long
Once gone, the passion will begin to arise
All traces of the lukewarm will be eradicated
We’ll be like massive emotional Jupiters
The gravity of our connection will pull us back into the oven
The creative oven from which we came
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This time, we’ll melt into one substance
Our two will become one
Blended and welded emotionally
Emotionally in such a way that we could never breathe apart
We’ll become addicted
Addicted to sharing our hidden with each other
Both emotional druggies seeking the next high
The next high from discovering something new about the other
Are you sure you want this?
This deep of a connection?
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Lots of people say they want it
But do you really want it?
Want it enough to expose yourself?
Completely expose yourself in front of me
Are you sure?
Really sure?
Don’t just say that
Only say it if you mean it
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Isn’t it true?
True that both of us long to be understood?
Understood by someone
Can I be your someone?
Will you be that someone for me?
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I’m so grateful
Grateful that I found you
Are you as excited as I am?
This is what it’s going to take
Take for us to have the type of connection
The one we both say we want to have
Are you sure you want this?
Really want this
Are you willing to risk it all to have it all?
Naked and Vulnerable…
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