you're green eyes well up
when you speak
of our future.
unsure of how
and when our end
will appear.
scared that you will loose me,
that i won't want you around
anymore.

black ink creeping across your flesh
forming crisp letters.
i trace them endlessly
with my fingertips
as you breathe slowly.
deeply sleeping.

the slumbering giant
has been asleep
for so long.

but now
he has awakened
he's hungry..

releasing him is the
simplest of things,
it's just a matter of where
and when.

but, will you
accept my giant?
and tell me to leave
just as i have done
to others.

or will you embrace him?
and release yours,
so mine isn't lonely.

words tumble out of my mouth
landing in a disarray
leaving you to piece them together

you don't mind that i talk to much
because you still make me nervous
you just laugh
and try to make sense of me

given the chance to have you back,
i wouldn't do it.
not even if you paid me.

i see now
that i still love you
and still miss you.

but i see that
i don't want you back,
that is of no interest.

we have moved on
and grown as people,
i love who you are
in my memories
but
not who you've become.

that love will never fade
but grow with appreciation
for all of the things you did for me
and how you helped me
become who i am.

thank you.

i've felt love before,
but
it was different than this
this
refreshing new thing
that i wouldn't let go of
for anything.

i will keep you
until you want to leave,
as long as i can.
i see flaws
but they don't bother me.

this time
everything is different
i know who i am
and
you will not define me,
but
morph and grow with me.