Two Steps Away From Home

You take up so much room. There isn't space for a single thought aside from you. I'm two steps away from home and I am lost. You take up so much room. My pride and arrogance shift to let you in and my mind is taking casualties. Asleep forever and never to rest. You take up so much room. I can't see past you to the open window. The door is locked and I can never get out. You take up so much room. Your eyes and the way they meet mine when you smile pushes out worry and fear. I don't want to leave when it's time to go. You take up so much room. I'm two steps away from home and I am lost. The moonlit gravel road goes on forever, promising new places and people. You take up so much room. I forget for a while and I remember--remember that I don't want to think of anything but you. I am afraid to let you out of my thoughts for fear that you will somehow slip out of my life. I remember--You are helping me to destroy those thoughts in my mind that I unconsciously let in. You help me to see my arrogance and pride and that I am no different than the people I look down on. I remember--The open window holds nothing that I want to see. My eyes require one thing--your smile. I remember--The door is locked and it was I who threw away the key. I need no rest from sleep if I can rest in a dream of you. I remember--The road can lead to all other hopes and desires; if you are not at the end, I will stay where I am and perish here. You take up so much room and I finally remember--I am two steps away from home and I am lost. And I never want to find my way back.