i ask myself that all the time
did i find you?

the sun is at your back
and the sky matches your eyes
and off in the great distance
storm clouds rid themselves of their contents
onto cracked, parched earth
unclear light toward the horizon

i step on the gas
i grip the wheel tight in my hands
i let visions of her play in my mind
every time i hear her voice a kind of silence washes over me
and for the first time in my life i knew who i was destined to be and
who i was meant to be with
and no other thing has ever felt quite like belonging to her does

this is how i was made
and here i am
resolute
none of this can be undone
and i will never be the same

the sun stooped to kiss the night
the sun burned holes into the sky
the sun spoke to the earth in language of the universe
rays and waves and secret forms of communication
and underneath the ground a curtain parted
to show all of the things that had been lying dormant in that place

a new thing began to bloom
they were flowers born on the same day
under the same rain falling and
into the same overwhelming light

the flowers tore themselves wide open
to show each other what was hidden inside

your eyes flashed fire
your eyes flashed nebula
and my heart would have died otherwise