Th^tetfx&MlSawYi^M No, the
didn't
I
know
time
first
I
whenever you came near me? Strong and silent
saw you.
And you may have been handsome
these feeling continue to grow,
but you were not beautiful yet~ or amazing or wonderful or "the
and somewhere from deep inside I still hear your echoing laughter-
one."
Atme?
Not
No, your beauty allows
yet.
You were just you and
was just
I
so
me—
The last time I saw you was so much like the first— Too much like the first
Me, in all awkwardness
and bumbling unsurity about anything, about everything, about you. no,
I
didn't
the second time
know I
saw you,
or the third, or the fourth—
but somewhere in the sweet time that has so quietly elapsed
You
did
become
beautiful,
Except that this time I knew, I wanted, I needed, I loved you. That much I knew. The rest is a blur of tears and smiles and scents and sights
and songs, and none of it
wantexpects you
you. Yes, the
Now my
I
I
be
in the future
somewhere.
knew how much I wanted
as beautiful as
None of means anything without hear,
breath, live, need,
to
is
you.
and amazing, and wonderful. So now you are the one I see, life
for
lasting pain,
pain you never meant to cause.
of my strange
And
little
to love
you
last
time
I
saw you
loved you.
Me, in all my strange awkwardness and bumbling unsurity.
when
I
But knowing how deep that love should have been able to go.
saw you would not
love me.
Maybe
that
knowledge fueled
fire
Creating an unconscious need.
my
Maybe it will grow in my still. For now that I have known you What could ever die?
Discovering the depth, the possibility
has
left
me
-
restless for
you~
Feeling your power
am scared of my heart. How do I tell no?
I
it
Did you see the light that followed you
Laura Rumiey
