a love poem

somehow i found my person
another being who allows me to be
all the years i have longed to see
what it feels like to no longer search for love

when i look back on the others who hurt me, the feelings worsen
untwisting my heart
you let it breathe
a desperation for companionship
the feelings began to seethe

anyway you choose to love me
I will humbly accept
on the stormy nights of my soul
I bled from my eyes, tears of longing
I wept

In those cold moments I turned up the heat
walking along the path hoping to meet
a friend
acting as myself, I wouldn't have to pretend
a lover
enclosed in compassion
I wanted to be smothered
by you

and now we will learn to live together
some days we will fight
in the morning I send you off to the world
knowing you will come back to me in the night

when the tides rise
you will be right there
by my side

the world can crash over us
I was trying to subtract
you were the plus
In my life

magnets who will never repel
we were meant for each other in this lifetime
I have fallen under a spell
and I never want to leave