Outside In

You were always there, just masked beneath the surface
Once reawakened, the feelings I thought forgotten reemerged.
On the verge of falling...for what once could have been.
Can it be again?
Traces of smooth caresses over bare, warm skin,
Fire is ignited and explodes from within.
Is this thrusting ahead or going in circles
To only go back to where you begin?
Or, just the beginning of the seed once planted
That has now grown to display and reveal its true splendor,
Disclosing its delicate, velvety petals; exposing its inside.
You can see it is not afraid to be vulnerable
Because it shines and radiates from the outside in.

Jessica Kish - 3/14/00