“Things to say when in love
i. I want to make you a planet.
ii. I will put the galaxy in your hair.
iii. Your kisses are a mouthful of firewater.
iv. I have never seen a more beautiful horizon than when you close your eyes.
and
v. I have never seen a more beautiful dawn than when you open your eyes.”
I found a safe place
Every inch of me is lovely
Every movement I make is captivating
Every sentence responded to with patience
Every impulse reacted to with rationality
I arrived abruptly
Threw down my jumbled and illogical baggage
Masked insecurities with indifference
Too delivering my light and laughter,
I was allowed to stay
feasting on lust
For a dependable future, all must
focus on self-interest, prevent vulnerability
Is something truly dynamic and deep
if tenderness, attachment, intimacy
are not paired with anxiety, aggravation, aggression,
?
Never meeting the distress, the complexities I expected
perhaps even yearned for
The place mustn't be real
Every experience easy, effortless
It must be shallow, simple-minded
yet
I felt changes across my atmosphere
Realities I knew of disappearing, lessons ingrained in me altering
Lightly, slowly, without expectation or demand
I was stripped Naked
of my childish pride, my backward beliefs
Awakened by
in Love
Warm arms reaching out to me for the thousandth time
no resentment, hesitation, or question
always tolerance, confidence, understanding
I was adored, but not worshiped
and with that
I was freed
Thanks to strong hands, unrivaled
I am my authentic Self
while living in unity
Weightless
Unabridged
at Peace
I live New
'Olives and Juice,' written Dec 2015.