I Know You

I Know You 

You think I don't know you

A casual acquaintance

The occasional conversation

Perhaps the friend of a friend

But I know you

I have seen you

The gregarious outgoing boy

Become a quiet introspective man

Who hides his thoughts 

And authentic self

By talking about anything

Instead of speaking about something

I have seen you use words

To create a wall

Around yourself

To keep others out

It allows you to hold

Close to your chest

Who you truly are

But I have also seen

Those walls come down

Broken, when you finally reveal

A true piece of yourself

The poet's heart

Beneath the brash exterior

I have seen you

Unguarded and quiet

Honest and endearing

And in those brief moments

When you are most yourself

I see you

You may think 

That I don't know you

But I do

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