you are all bouncing elbows
and awkward knees
with crinkly eyes
and imperfect teeth
,
gelled up hair
and turned in toes
yet you have shot me
like an arrow from your bow
;
its easy to admit
though it seems out of place-
you are the Sun in the Spring
as it warms on my face

He was beautiful
and that would never go away
a kind of beautiful that imprinted itself
in the places you wouldn't remember

they spoke like me
they used my words
they had felt my emotions
and I'd never be whole without knowing

it's all lies
and truths
and dust
and dreams

it was no longer even a question
he was there
he was what I wanted
and I was going to do
everything in my power
to make him believe
that I was his

He was mapped out in my mind
with blank or missing parts
So I became a pirate
in search of all his treasures

It may sound cheesy
but I swear the whole world fell away
in the moment
that I was a princess
and he was a boy
as a prince
reaching out
without withholdings