you see me

I'm hiding 

behind walls

built for the sole purpose

of keeping others out

but one by one

they fall to the might

of your beauty

your smile

your eyes

your kindness

your selflessness 

your perceveirance

and I am left defenceless

caught like a deer in your headlights

and you look at me

not the man I pretend to be

but the boy hidden behind his silhouette

and when I asked 

"why go through so much to see this"

you simply reply

"I love you"