To be loved is to be known
wholly, completely, and unfalteringly
Bearing our naked chests
Exposed and raw, shameful and afraid;
Beautiful and flawed, unabashed and free
To be loved is to be known,
Achingly, deeply, painfully known
to venture far past thorns and briars,
into dense woods and ice-capped mountains.
To cut and scrape and climb your way through,
to wander into unknown,
to shiver under blankets of snow.
To be loved is to be known,
to search the vast depths of ocean and sky and earth
looking for you-
-looking for the good and the bad too.
Attempting to harness, not capture, your heart.
Attempting to feel-
-the ever-changing seasons-
-of your soul.