Seperti yang diminta

Seperti yang diminta oleh Nao….

Now, Please Stay

I used to say
please turn your eyes away
because you were looking
into me
through the many layers
I’ve built over the years

I used to say
please take your hand away
because you were touching
tender spots
through the hard skins
weathered by pain and sins

But now I know
here is where you should be
to help me peel away my shame
to help me see again
I am just another man

Because you can see
I am just another man, a human
because you can see
I have been playing the game

Harris Shah Abd Hamid
14 May 2005
Kota Kinabalu