I’ll wait. I’ll run.

I would let my spine shatter

If it meant I got to flatter

You if even for a moment

If I could sweep you off those feet

And swing you around this room you see

I wish I could frame your face with my hands and keep it

There forever

The still frame photo of you-this beauty

Who smiled at me

Who said she was excited to see me

I could revel in it for eternity

In the serenity

Of moments pieced together over time

And even if your heart will never be mine

I will cherish the fire that burns so brightly in me

When I hear someone say “_______”

The way my feet hit the ground running

The way my head turns to see you coming

I would hold onto the memory 

Of your voice singing for me

The words that I wrote for you

And I’ll cherish too

The fingers that play that piano

Those hands that know

Just when to meet mine. 

And I will cast away any sign

That you think you saw

Because sometimes the universe is wrong.

And I know it when your heart plays the song

I’ve been waiting all my life to hear

And it does strike fear

In me

The way that I profoundly

Want to get down on my knees

And beg you to let yourself be

And maybe it would be cinematic

And pragmatic

All at the same time

And I can’t tell you it will all be fine

I can only tell you how I feel.

I can only tell you how real

It is when I hold my breath

Waiting for you to lay to rest

The control

And take hold

Of me with those hands.