I Fell in Love

I must confess

I fall in love all the time

There are so many beautiful humans on this spinning orb

Each person I fall in love with

Has an entirely unique mansion in this heart

With some I stand witness

Feeling entirely humbled and inspired by their greatness

Grit

Strength 

Tenacity

Warmed by their desire to be my friend

Others challenge me

To rise to the heights of love

Calling me out of myself

To love them the way they need love

Pulling me out of my smallness

Into who I could be

They push me away

Until I return to myself

I don’t know what I would do without these lovers

Who help me burn the bridges 

To who I was

Still another friend, gave me one of the biggest gifts of all

Opening a door within, his name inscripted 

Wherein I found a whole universe of my heart that had never seen the light of day!

What joy those days did bring, tears of opening, poem upon poem

And still, when I re-enter this particular corner 

I find myself a child again – in joy, at peace

Seen, loved, appreciated, walked beside by someone so strong and real

Countless more loves, I carry in my heart

Sending my love wherever they go

I wouldn’t have it any other way

To be in love 

Is to create a whole new world with another 

A place that only exists when you both are there

And each time you visit it gets cozier, homier

More wild, free, and magical

Portals are real

Magic is far more solid than asphalt

It’s what we’re made of

So go!

Fall in love

With a tree, a rock, a person

And then do it again

Each time

Is once in a lifetime