The Child Who Once Was Scared To Sleep

From a feeble boy grew a hardened young man Openness turned into need for solitude Desire to be loved into wariness Blue-eyedness into cunning and guile Take a look at me now Take a good look at me now The child who once was scared to sleep Over the years has come to see No monster hides inside a dream The most fearsome creature here is me Waves of insult peeled the softness off of him String of broken hearts left little sympathy Endless desert drained the fountainhead of tears A million nightmares terminated his fears