Where did I find you?
In a place neither one of us has been
Where did I find you?
On a fishing boat far off at sea
Where did I find you?
On a floating rock alone, you chose to meet me
You took me by the hand and named me friend
Where did I find you?
We jumped into the waters together and swallowed the salt of the earth
It made us whole
Where did I find you?
Among laughs, eyes, trees, ipas, late nights and smile lines
I hold you closely
When did I find you?
At age 5
You kissed me behind the slide
And told me I was your favorite
When did I find you?
In the school yard at age 9
You held my hand and told me I was worth it
To be brave
Never to let them see me cry
Hold my head high
When did I find you?
At age 14 in the front row of my first ever concert
You lifted me high up onto your shoulders
And I felt like a bird for the first time
When did I find you?
17 your beautiful fro meshed with my curls
All night on the dance floor
You swung me around
And made me feel pretty
The night all the lies stopped
When did I find you?
At age 19 you asked me “will you be mine”
And I lied and said always
When did I find you?
When I was running away from my identity, past, abuse, goals, dreams and destiny
Everyone called me free spirited
pretending not to care about my well being
But that was the truth?
Running running running
I have a lot of practice
When did I find you?
In a cool calm place at age of 22
It was you
I found you
Beautiful, strong, wild spirit, brilliant, a creative, a truth seeker, wandering but not lost
lustful, always wanting more
Wanting something
The same thing as me
I finally found you:
Scared to let go, scared to move forward
Wanting to be great
Wanting to love and to be loved
Knowing what you really want
And learning to act on it
I finally found you
Now where will we go?
Back to the sea? The playground? School? I may never know
But for now
I’ll put my hand in yours and call you friend
I won’t lie and I won’t run
I stand with you on a big floating rock
Surrounded by the laughs, love, dreams, and faces of the swirling sea
Sea encompasses our past, present and future
And of the lives we lived a thousand times
She has brought us back
Back together
Back to who we are
And who we dare to
Be