I sleep at night
for a tomorrow
I could not dream
would become reality
within or without me

it is and so
I finally know
that all is right
and I am home

before you and I
we moved the earth
and turned the tides
for those who
spoke and breathed
both afflictions and lies
through crooked teeth
yet still they smiled
at what they’d done,
to heart left defiled

but, we were not tamed
we are still wild

from the same spool
the world spins these strands
into a mess of a canvas
yet symmetry stands
divided by oceans
separated by land
exists all I have wanted
all that was planned

there is no “however”,
there is only an “and”

and...

when I think of you
I feel a word deep inside
my flesh and bones
that until now
I could not describe
using any language
it could not be defined
but it is a place
in the rawest parts of us
where we don’t have to hide
this is where we are safe
and our love resides

and...

we searched so long
both low and high
through the threads that
tangle, twist, and tie
for the light that seemed
it could not shine
in the fabric of
our long lost lives

and so we come to find
with shaky hands
and weary eyes
that all along

mine was yours
and yours was mine