I think I'm glad 

That that red ribbon aisle

Was stretched between us.

Seeing you run to me

Like your life depended on it...

Tossing your coat aside for the whole world to see

Out of breath

And amber eyes shining

It would have been all I could do 

To not throw myself into your

Outstretched

Strong

Loving 

Arms

And you would take me

Engulf me in your 

Blue plaid embrace

And spin me around and around

And I would cry

And tremble

Because I have never had 

The honor

Of being held by you.

But the red ribbon

Cut the screenwritten scene

Short and awkward 

As I reached for you 

And pulled back 

Because 

Why would I think 

I could now have the luxury

To embrace 

You

Under any circumstance?

Regardless, it was

Flawless

In our own way

And by driving all night 

Like This

You have officially shown me

What I mean to you.

And it is all too much.

I am in tears,

Even if not in your presence.

I am moved by your persistent 

Love for me.

Trying to explain 

To a four year old boy

The difference between 

A life saver

And a light saber

Is harder, it seems, 

Than fitting a camel through 

The eye of a needle.

But his little laugh

As he jumps into my lap, 

Turns his freckled nose up at me

And says 

"You can't choose!"

Somehow makes the camel

Seem a thousand times smaller. 

You think you know a person

But then they open up

And pull you open with them 

Till you're both lying in the dust.

You think you know a person

But then you see their face

Underneath the skin, they let you in

Without a trace. 

How lovely to be trusted!

How beautiful to me!

I thought I knew a person,

...And they thought they knew me.

In the years that you have known someone,

Before the many years to come,

There comes a wistful feeling,

Something wonderstriking

That leaves your stone heart in a puddle back where you started from.

Most would call it an endless chase, 

But I see it as a state of grace;

Not everyone gets the chance to do this:

To relive everything they missed;

So I give my love to heaven above as my heart settles into place.

Cardboard robots

Plastic heels

Metal bars

And nickel deals.

Rocket ships

Castle grounds

Bedtime stories 

And unknown sounds

Our heads

Were lands

Full of wonder

Our hearts 

Were skies 

Draped in sonder 

We knew who we were

And we always asked why

We were afraid of monsters

But not of our lives.