On the Topic of Love
“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
How beautiful of a prose,
of a thought, an idea.
That but a sliver is enough to sustain man for a lifetime.
To keep writers at their desks for a century,
and artists to the canvas for life.
But what of the fear?
The surmountable courage it takes to fall, to trust,
to show vulnerability in hopes that they stay in spite of it
In spite of you and your flaws, and your quirks.
It’s terrifying. Utterly unhinged.
Love, that is.
Skin Deep
Spreading beneath my skin is a warmth I have never known before.
Though unfamiliar and new: refreshing
Though scary and intimating: exciting
It’s you, it’s us together.
The future we hold and everything us entails
It’s forever and a day. Starting now.
How exciting.
Identity
Pulling my hands back on like silk gloves,
stepping into my feet like my favorite pair of wool slippers,
I feel myself coming back to my body.
And she missed me;
this home that feels oh so beautiful and right and me.
With her here, I know there comes less body checks,
less pinching, less crying and drowning.
She’s ready to begin again. To love me.
I missed her so.