​You’re frightened a bit
Aren’t you
As if you let yourself go
Any deeper into this
There may be no escape
I know
I can be pretty intense
And right now you’re looking into the pool
Of other worlds
And possibilities
And wondering if
You can wade in a bit
But keep your head
Safely above the waters
I’m sorry you cannot
There is a different air here
That we breathe
In this mystical place
When we leave
The world of known
The world of simple
Stable
Clear
Understanding
And you’re frightened
Are you not?
You like your control
And in this place
Beneath the sea of other worlds
With me
Well you cannot plan a thing.
Nor can you choose what
You leave behind
Or what you bring
For when we come here
We leave behind
Everything
Except ourselves.
And can you trust me
Am I real
Or am I
Imaginary?
After all this is just glimpse isn’t it
There is more
Beyond ~
When you reach your hand in
When you reach for me
Your hand disappears
And you cannot see
What is within
But you can touch my hand
You can feel my skin
And for a minute you might try
And pull me back
To the world of “facts”
Where you live
But I will never return to that place again
I’m sorry
I like my world
I will not leave it
For yours
So you can go your way
Or you can dive deep in
And discover if you can still breathe
In this place where I live.

​Charity Janisse

​​Never had anything
pull me in
burn my skin
leave me wanting
longing
like a restless soul
trapped between two worlds
it haunts me
the vicious need of you
Never had a feeling
I could not walk away from
what I always knew of love or lust
was easy
for me
because
I could take or leave it
and it could take or leave me
and I'd be fine
before or after
same as always, same as ever
but after this
I will not be
what I was
before
no... not after this
it steals my breath
it wakes me
in the night
with thoughts of you
that are so beyond
any thought
that I've

held in my mind
my body breathes your name
even when I do not say a word
why this
why now
when I have always had the upper hand...
everyone else
always wanted me
more than I wanted them
and my heart has always been mine to choose
who I will and will not give it to
but my heart she's left
and gone to you
Nothing ever pulled me in
nothing ever burned my skin
nothing ever took me over
nothing ever
made me want
the way you haunt
some place beyond my every thought
and now I just wonder
want...
and wait
secretly adoring
this exquisite pain
as my body screams your name
from some place
so deep within
even when
I do not say a word.