Beyond the surface,
her ocean eyes gazed past my disguise,
she saw the ogre in me,
the monster, the beast,
she didn't run away,
she held my hand,
walked with me,
talked with me,
it was too late,
i fell in love that day.

Perhaps it was a trauma bond,
or an unhealthy attachment,
but as time elapsed i realised that she took me in to her world,
i saw life from her perspective,
how simple and glorious it was,
she cleared my complexity,
took a weight of my mind.

A lighthouse on a stormy sea,
she became a refuge for me.