I found you there.

Right where I never thought you'd be.

Near to my heart,

Making it hard to breath,

And I wondered just how long

Since you crept so close,

How long since your hands

Began to patch up all my holes

Because I must have missed you

All these hours, days, or years,

Because I never saw you.

It never occurred to me that you were already here.

Now I can't say,
"Come in and make this your home."

Your hut outside my wall

Is where you've picked to dwell,

Close enough for me to eventually feel

But not close enough to invade my space.

I don't care about those things -

My heart, my self, my space -

Least not anymore

Since I've found your hiding place

- No, this isn't where you've hid.

This is where I have made you stay

Because my heart is not completely home

To anyone other than my selfish self.

At least come in for a meal.

A simple meal is nothing for me to fear,

Except I find your presence perplexing.

When your eyes met mine,

I can't seem to worry

Or wonder about another time.

My heart is better when you're here,

But at the end, I let you disappear

Beyond my heart's high walls

To your hut in some other's field.

At least move in a little nearer;

So I can see you when I hope

That somehow I will be better

And call across to you,

"Besiege this heart now

And take your rightful place.

I cannot stand not to be close

When my heart yearns

For what your heart makes."