Introvert’s Threat.

Distance from all you can.
Keep it all at arm’s length.

Just need
some breathing room,
wiggle room
for these silent suspicions
and secret memories.

For thinking.
For remembering.
For processing complex feelings.
For imagination and creativity.

You are a shy detective
with shameful,
working hypotheses.

Popular
and controversial avenues
towards discerning the truth,
gaining greater understanding.

Can’t blow your cover,
for none would understand.

Your insanity
covers the spectrum,

leaving you feeling
like an immigrant
devoid of homeland.

Above all,
must ensure
you are the center
you return to.

Never lose yourself.
Anchor dropped,
sinking forever within.

Safe from control
and confinement,
having secured
your sacred, private
space…

Until she pulls you in.