here

i’ll never get over
how your eyes shine when you look at me
like tears are on the way every time

how did we go our whole lives
not knowing or
knowing and not having
love like this
wanting and working for
knowing like this
seeing everyone around us
and
not being seen

a crying shame
except you’re here now
we’re here now
and every day feels like
we’re making up
for a hundred ways
or a hundred days
worth of heartache

all this healing
a thousand gifts
in every kiss
a million cures
in each embrace

lay here let me
kiss your face
rest easy
you fit all the ways

and all the days i promise
every thing you need
an ocean of safety and warmth
right here Love
nobody’s leaving

-A