Keeper of the Child

I taste the poison
without slipping
Toward that locked corridor
Of unknowing, unfeeling,
For you hold on my lifeline,
thus keeping me here.
Just a taste,
Just a drop,
Igniting how clear lives
My need for danger,
Unscryed before change,
It takes me places I never thought I'd go--
But you hold me back,
Keep me safe,
Restrain me, thus planted,
With roots burrowed deep and strong.
You shake me, wake me,
Pluck out that which liberates the urge for me to jump,
And leave me....so alone,
Just as before--
Before my eyes met yours,
And you rooted inside-
Yes you leave me, stuck dark and deep,
Alone, without even instinct.