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forgive me my burgeoning uncertainty

my hesitation to accept i can be loved

doubt has served me faithfully

(a barrier against disappointment)

waves of transience bombard 

my bulwark of isolation

the lonely fortress

sheltering me coldly 

from a barrage of rejection

love was never a consideration

i contemplated with hope

perhaps i may

for a fleeting

vulnerable moment

begrudgingly entertain

an inkling of passion

and let its light through

the mortar of insecurity

securing the stones

of my reservation together

while i 

untouched 

observe longingly from afar

safely hidden away in solitude

where my coldness never made warm

is a familiar prison of certainty

forgive me my burgeoning uncertainty

as i learn to love myself

as I learn to let love in