I was living under a rock,
a ghost in my own skin,
pretending to be like everyone else,
hiding that part of me that mattered.
then he came along,
like a sudden shaft of sunlight
cutting through the morning fog,
revealing something real
in the wasteland I called life.
I feel uncovered, exposed,
like this whole damn ride
was just waiting for him to show up
and call me out of my hiding.
-G