How Can I Show You

How can I tell you how I feel?
How can I make it seem real?

Can you put emotions into words?
The love, the joy, and all the hurt?

How can I make you see
The deeper side of me?

Can I really put all this, what I'm feeling now,
Into a simple poem? Really? Show me how

But would I want to let you feel this low
I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, you know

How can I show you such a big part of my soul?
Can I rip myself open so far and leave such a gaping hole?

To show you so much of myself
To let it all out

Where would that leave me?
What would I have left to be?

I can't empty myself that far
I can't put my heart in a jar

I can't let you into my head
So I'll just write this down and pray you understand.