© October 30, 2016
She looked into a heart so sad
And saw what no one ever had
Beneath the snow she saw the Spring
She finds good in everything
Give her thorns and she’ll find the roses
Give her sand and she’ll find the sea
Give her rain and she’ll find the rainbows
Just see the love she found in me
—“The Love She Found In Me” by Gary Morris
Her eyes glow
As if staring into a fire
Orange and yellow flames
Dancing across her pupils
Her face is flushed
Like a woman lying in bed
Blanketed by the afterglow
Of lovemaking
She looks at me like a Greek God
But I am not chiseled perfection
My body is as flawed
As my soul is stained
With errors past, present and future
Others focus on my warts
So I wear them
Like a witch
Riding the broomstick
of their expectations
As they run away in fear
From the Frankenstein monster
They helped create
Yet she doesn’t abandon this leper
bathing his body in kindness
soaking his feet in love
washing away his sins
seeing a man of worth
beneath his disfigurement
She sees the soft skin
Beneath the calloused heart
The gift inside of me
Where others see only an empty box
Whether barren or not
her faith in me
fills my field with fullness
Her innocent eyes cannot be corrupted
by misspoken words
or unconscious utterings
She doesn’t close down
when I lapse into insensitive
She sees beyond the surface waves
that come and go
with ebbs and flow
To the depths of the ocean
where hidden in the dark dismal disappointment
resides the sparkling splendor
of Who I Am
Lovers past
Waters grown
Stale and stagnant
No longer supporting
The life of relationship
bored with their beloved
divided and divorced
Her sense of wonder
Is like a brook that always bubbles
Looking upon me
With oxygenated eyes
a honeymoon without end
I don’t deserve her love
But as she continues to warm
The frozen wounds
Of hurts past
I am hopeful that I will love myself once again
And become worthy of her adoration
In the meantime
I will love her
With all the freed fragments
That have healed into wholeness
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