you left a space

an empty space inside me
some part of me looking for
You

I want something you
can't give me
won't give me
don't give me

entrée
to your core
your artistic
poetic
emotional
inner self

I've seen glimpses
hints
signs
that tease at
the inner you

and it feels
like home

yet you hide often
from me
from the world
in fear?
in confusion?

in the mistaken belief
that no one will understand
this part which you think is
Broken

which I think is
Whole
Beautiful
Essentially and gloriously
You

so I'm left
with the outer you
the practiced you
the mask, the facade
you, but not You

so I'm left
with glimpses
of the tumultuous
flowing riotous core
which draws me in
Seductively

a siren's call
that I hear in
my dreams
that I feel
in quiet moments

pulling me toward
You