You were unexpected, swooping in when my world had disintegrated
You scared me, the way you crashed into me and somehow turned a thrashing sea into a soothing river
You held my hand, bruised and bleeding knuckles a stark difference against the pale scared ones
You pulled me through the glassy surface of my mind, breaking the tension
You scooped up my inner child and kissed their tears away
You dragged handfuls of pillows behind you, cushioning a room that was once concrete
You softened the beast hiding within the ruins of my soul
You showed me that even I am deserving of love and kindness, even when the damage feelings like too much to bear
You scared me, you know?
You were the unexpected that turned stiff steel into delicate velvet
You, with your green eyes that flash with tales of unforgiving tides
You, with your sweet words, reassuring me that everything will be okay
You were the unexpected cloud that floated into my life, took my hand, and taught me to be just as light
You, with your soft smile that could convince even the worst of the worst to his knees, that holds back the loudest, ungodly monsters
If I look deeper, I see, we're not so different, you and I
We fought back the same waves
We drowned in the same vicious waters
We held the same demons within
We walked the same jagged path to find our place
We floated through the same whistling air
We battled the same beasts
Maybe now, I'll be brave enough to admit that you are a part of me
YOU ARE READING
My Head's Above Water
PoetryLosing the one you thought you'd have forever will really put things into perspective. Life and death, love and hate, the old and the new. Lay back and relax, we're getting over a heartbreak one miserable poem after the other.
