she doesn’t know what she really wants
but she feels it making its way up
through the valleys of her emotions
over the mountaintops of her soul
past the guards of her heart
her answers clambers and climbs through her being
working to finish their journey on the moon of her mind
to land there
one giant leap for her
she waits until the sunshine of life’s answers
explode into existence
over the horizon of that moon
tearing up the fear and the foolishness
she had to suffer through
the growth she had to grow through
the pain she had to hurt through
the smiles she had to fake through
to find that something that makes the smile real
that reminds her with her alarm
“get up today, babe. you won’t regret it”
the answer
the something that makes her
ask for an extra hour each day
the eyes that promise to be there
while she sleeps and on to the morning
the mouth that speaks words to build her up
and keep her up
so the answer waits to come out
the answer to what she’s been asking for
since she was in her nightgown
at her bedside
asking for her prince
asking for her true love
and boy, she will find true love in you.
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