Hard Candy

sometimes i stumble and 

feel myself fall.  

sometimes i scribble

madly on the walls.

sometimes my walk

slows to a crawl.

well, most of the time.

but sometimes

i find you in midnight

and thus remember

how to smile.  my hard-candy

mask softens, melts.  i see

my true self again.

and though i lose my way,

you give me voice to say.

and though i lose my way,

i know that you will always stay.

right here in the candy heart,

the teddy-bear arms, and

the purple-flower soul 

of the child that is me.

and though i felt myself fall,

it was broken just in time

for me to land

on the cloud of your smile.

and though my life seemed empty,

you were worth it all.

(i needed to confirm if i existed)