At times, when my mind wanders with my feet,nMy thoughts reach their destination before my bodynLike a recurring dream,nI find myself traveling to lands I thought beyond my reachnSo new and different from my actual hideawaynAnd before I return to that same familiar gatenWords come together magnetically,nClearing way through the mess of obscuritynThe knot of doubts restraining menThey form perfect letters to you in my imaginationnAnd, when finally confessed, grant my releasennBodies bare of pretence, timid and undressednDo you mean to win me with these praises and offences?nWhy ignore me if you profess to adore me?nI didn’t think you could stand the sight of menAt least you spoke honestly; my refusal was based on damaged pride,nNot an aversion to your advancesnnObsessed with visions of the world, of night in distant placesnWhat lies outside of constancy? Outside of these fences?nPassing the blurry lights, it’s not my eyes,nIt’s the world that’s unfocused, distractednI’m well acquainted with your inelegance and vicenYou’re still more graceful than the nightnThat falls in each city with a sprawling indelicacynI’m straying further from homenFrom my safe routine; and you’re trying to find your ownnCan you blame me for inexperience? Just listen; it’s all the samennBodies bare of pretence, timid and undressednDo you mean to win me with these praises and offences?nWhy ignore me if you profess to adore me?nnSomehow I’ve been lifted high above the tops of trees,nFrom this frightening height,nThe buildings seem to be flattened in the streetsnI tell myself, “Don’t look down,nThere’s no way to plummet charmingly”nAnd when I do I know you’ll say “What a pity,nShe’s just not what I expected her to be.”nBut I can’t let my fear of heights get the best of menAs my mind and body journey together in a parallel realitynI realize that if I’m falling, at least I’m freenI never want my feet to take me homen