Too Close To The Flame

I am not ready yet.
I may never be.
How can I draw close?
I see it is as metaphor;
You do, too, but do not realize it is so.
Without recognition you immerse yourself in it,
It fills you and sustains you.
It defines who you are.
My drawing close would change me in your eyes.
I would lose my metaphor.
You would lose nothing.