I can remember
when I thought you were a gentle soul
Your childhood poached by the wanton realities of life
You insisted you were unlovable
You couldn’t trust that you were the most amazing thing I had ever laid my unworthy touch upon
But you were
You were everything I had ever wanted
You were more
All the times we rode together in my car
smiling at each other simply for locking glances
I would’ve fought a war to fall asleep with...