Fearlessness

I feel the urge,

The urge to be outrageous,

I hear the call,

The call to be misunderstood,

By those who care not to know,

What lives beyond fear,

I feel the beat,

The beat of instinct, of animal impulse,

I hear the whisper,

The whisper speaking soft words,

By those who know true love,

And hide not too long behind fear,

I feel the heat rising in my body,

Mending my bones,

Reorganizing my thoughts,

Kissing my soul,

Making room for me to hear,

To detect the silence,

The silence of petals slowly folding back,

Revealing the center me, 

A face that dares look directly into the sun, into the light.

I feel the strength,

The strength of love running up my stem,

Supporting its bloom,

Supporting my fearlessness.