And it wasn't until I met you
that I understood it all.
I knew why people couldn't
stand to be apart.

I knew what it was like to be
up thinking about one person.
I knew what it felt like to
be scared to lose someone.

I knew why kisses mattered.
I knew what it was like to see
a flawed person as flawless.
I knew what it was to love.

*djm