We are both hesitant, scared, anxious
Our lives have been cracked
splintered and broken.

I look at you and see
a woman who is beauty
a woman who’s heart has suffered for no reason
other than she, like myself,
loved unwisely
gave to the wrong person
and knows the error.

I see a young woman
running in fields and playing by a pond.
I see youth and grace and beauty.
I see hopes and dreams and prayers.

Your eyes are sometimes sad.
Your smile is sometimes hesitant.
I want love to bring joy to your smile
and happiness, unrestrained, to your eyes.

I want to take you to the moon
and show you stars that don’t equal
the light of your smile.

I know how hard it is for you to trust
My heart has been hurt too.
Still, I will tell you this
seven times a day if I have to.
Hoping that someday you will believe.

If I could give you
the sun and the stars,
they would never be equal
to what my heart feels.

So, I will put this into three little words

No make that six:

I want to hold you,

forever