I have written
a thousand and one poems
About the trails
Of heartaches
Left in the wake of reckless souls
Who’ve waltzed into my life
To take what was theirs
And leave what was mine
As though pieces of me
Were belonging to them
The way you could
Surf along the waves
Rolling through the rivers
I’ve built tirelessly
With my tears
So
Many
Words
Woven into beautiful
Long, enchanting braids
The shades
Echoing of a tapestry
Written into my life
Against my will
Like a massive
Colorful
Doormat
With a cheerful
Welcome
Sign
And suddenly now
There’s you.
And I’m at a loss
About what to say
For the one who stays
The one who deserves all the honor
And the praise
To be painted in elaborate colors
And illuminated by the light
The one who demonstrates
The ease
Of bending over backwards
Like an Olympic gymnast
Who’s been training for this event
For years
The one who makes it feel
Like you’ve actually been
Super easy to love
All this time
The glaringly obvious
secret
that only he could reveal.
