For some reason kept unknown from me, once upon a late sleepless night I felt something inside of me. It was so overwhelming that sleep was impossible unless it found some way to be seen and heard. I'll never know how such a thing ended up with me, but it was not mine to keep. It was meant to be shared with one. One other was purposed to hear it as much I was meant to come upon it.

I know I've not come close to touching the beauty of what I felt, but every day when I pray that one day I'll be able to tell you, it still resonates within me. I am so sorry that there was no way to express the fullness of it, and that nothing I could do would ever be enough to let you know. I tried, I put everything I had into it, and if words were glasses I hope these would hold enough. Because whoever you are, and wherever you are, I am waiting.

For you;

My pen is stripped clean of confidence
Like a child stuck in the spotlight
And not unlike a storm, clouds collide inside
Obscuring the words I've sought
The words I've been seeking
For countless long and lonely nights
But I fear the task is too great
No, I'm convinced it is so
Tongues cannot create such beauty
And beauty itself falls short
Only paradise can prepare to compare
But man has already failed to describe it
And so my conclusion becomes clear
Such words have dwindled to extinction
If they were ever even known at all
Though someone must hold the answer
Somebody must have a language worthy
How else then did we learn to breathe?
How else can we even be?

One must have been trying to prove perfection
And now I see they did just that
I saw it first in your eyes
I saw the stars I saw the skies
A brilliant spark that sets me afire
Should I go on or is it foolish?
I already know it can't be done
But I must try, you must know
Even if I can't say the things I mean
If they don't come the way they should sound
I want you to know, I'm a fool for you
I saw it next in your smile
The soft crease in your lips
A joy that makes my heart soar
I've never felt so alive before
Like a bird learning to fly I hesitate
My body locks and my thoughts are blocked
But something rushes through my veins
Like a waterfall that cascades constantly
Over my beaten battered shaken shattered heart
Reshaping it and remaking it like a miracle
Into something wonderful once again
Though only the touch I long so much
Those harmless hands soft as summer sands
Can pick up the placeless pieces
Leaving no sign of scars and no sign of sorrow
A clean slate and a refreshing wind
Blowing gently through your hair that's as fair
As a bountiful orchard of blameless beauty
The reflection in those seamless strands
A pale moon over the stillest waters
Broken only by the song of angels
Spoken unmistakeably through your laughter
A sound that awakens my inmost being
Like the purest chimes fit for God's halls
The one who holds the keys kept from man
Not with greed or selfish negligence
But with understanding of human frailty
A thing that can't quite comprehend
Why my heart flies when I see your eyes
Or my knees shake with the breath you take
So he gave us a simple single word
A sole syllable I want to whisper in your ear
It is why my tongue ties when you speak
It is why my feet fail when you brush my cheek
It is love