Truth

I wrote your name

a thousand times

next to mine like some

high school crush

until my pen ran

dry coloring the page

with the blood in my veins

Love, love is a winding road

bending around the

granite walls, curving

up and down the misty

valleys of the ragged soul

finding its way like the

icy water from a glacier

seeking the lake below

I dip my toe in, shivering

in the cynical rain, hopeful

diving headfirst
fear and breath
leave in a rush
I imagine you
swimming

I imagine you
mine