A silent paralysis
This subtle consciousness
Where only confidence
Can find a remedy
So scared of other eyes
And compromising truth
For reputations of me
Can you teach my heart to be?

Fearless
Fearless
To be fearless again

A carefree recklessness
That precious timelessness
When our first faces shone
With light and innocence
They stole the ‘seventy seven’
And unforgiving left me
With this insecurity
Can you teach my heart to be?

© 2005 Yvonne Lyon