I had lost hope in Romeo and Juliet,
The passionate lovers of "just met".
Whirlwind romance you cannot forget,
Pure ecstasy, love, I wept-
A dreadful lament I carried within myself.
I would never taste that joyous wealth .
I was lucky enough to have my health,
Lucky enough, yet beyond help.
Acceptance heavy on my soul,
I would not grieve, nor beg to be whole.
A lonely road, a priceless toll-
As to the pay, it was beyond my control.
No choice to be made, no hope.
I had long fallen from the rope-
Yet what is this? What can it be?
A force so strong as to cripple me.
A swelling within my breast none could see.
Too battered, too bruised, my skin-
Eyes too akin to sorrow, red would rim.
Too heavy the burden of my sin.
Forgotten the past,
World turned glass,
Too soon, too fast,
What then is this, and how did it come?
To falter within my chest, where from-
Did this tempest emerge? Had some-
Some spoken of this?
The deafening kiss?
The unrealistic twist-
The improbable event,
Mere seconds spent,
The moment that came, but never went.
A bond through and through,
What drew me to you,
A staccato heart beat, how true-
True are your words, your flaws.
The icy cage shatters and thaws.
Unexplained by earthly laws.
Inside the maelstrom you are the calm,
To this broken child you are the balm,
My silent lullaby, my ubiquitous psalm.
Just yesterday I had laughed at Fate.
The only thought of love was it came too late,
Now fire, inside, burning with a strength I could not sate.
Where were the words I once so thoughtlessly found?
What could describe what had swiftly torn away the ground-
That my feet had moments before so firmly stood? What sound,
What melody? What brush? What look?
What harmony? What tap? What took-
The wind from my lungs, what replaced my blank expression?
Without a day and you had tugged my affection.
Were my heels above my head? Had I not paid much attention?
How could I have fallen into such exquisite imperfection?
Such illustrious beauty,
such kindness and magnanimity,
struck me so deeply,
wounded me with astounding brevity.
My mind was afraid,
My self was laid-
Before you now,
I no longer desire the knowledge of how.
My dormant child-
Now basking in freedom, so wild.
Here, reach out your hand,
Here, the two of us will stand,
Though none of this was planned,
Is what was meant now here?
I linger in fear.
Please, let your eyes be my mirror,
Let my eyes be your mirror.
Let laughter cry, joy shed a tear,
Let this effortless cheer,
Resound in our souls, bring us near,
I may be no wordsmith, I may be no sear,
trials will be placed upon the road before us.
Try to keep faith, trust,
What will there be that will keep fate apart?
Here, take this, this is the beginning- the start
The past, I ask forgiveness for its fragile state, the ugly scars.
I only ask in return honesty be as present as the stars.
Mø chærra, more brilliant than the sun,
I promise not to run.
Though I still have my insecurities,
you've made me remember, here, here there are no boundaries.
I promise not to run.