Before the fall
Before everything became upside down
When we accepted ourselves
When it was new and bold and beyond the usual
When you believed
And I believed (I still do)
When I could feel your touch across a continent
When my heart trembled with pure and infinite joy
When I could hear your voice resonate in the shadows
When I awoke each day, soul shaken
In those needed seconds
When I was filled with unregulated warmth
And the world lost its unlimited weight
For those entirely too few and too brief moments
And you'll never know what would have been
How my core burned with fierce advocacy
And a deepening vision by your side
Without hesitation
With immunity to doubts
You became part of all things
I felt your presence in sacred places
Barriers ceased to feel insurmountable
Submission to solitude burned and faded
And I can't prove that I've ever cared for anyone as much as you
But it's true
These days I recite my pledge to you through the haze of memories
My truth
February-July, 2022
Sometimes things kept to oneself, need to be spoken or written .... so that there's a record that it happened, and that you cared.
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