Friday [The Month of Patience]

a month ago, i snuck up on you under the bridge

you hugged me for the first time (for the thousandth time) and our hearts hammered against our chests 

knocking morse code messages to each other through our skin.

hello. hello. i've missed you. where have you been?

a month ago we watched the sun set and talked of all things past and present and future.

a month ago i fell in love with you. 

for the first time

(for the thousandth time) 

and I knew.

it was you.

it was always you.

you have gone for a month now,

and I find solace in the rising and setting of the sun.

in the surety of the moon, and the steadyness of stars.

this afternoon I stood on top of the hill and watched the sun sink into the clouds

and I felt you in my heart, as I always have.

I know, wherever you go, you are here with me.

but I cannot wait to have your arms around me again.