I See You

When you feel safe in someone's presence, they are your fortress.When you provide shelter for someone's fear, you are the lighthouse.Have you ever mourned someone's loss who you can see more than those you've lost and can no longer see?The heart works in mysterious ways, like a magician performing heart bypass on your consciousness.There are no more tricks to hide away because they see you in their dreams now.Not gone, but a change in seasons.To live a human life is deeply cyclical.Grief is the lightest, heaviest substance you can see because of its brightness, but you can't carry it well because of its closeness to the heart.With each season, you get slightly better.The rhythms of your life loop back like your favorite new song.Addicted to the pain that reminds you of more exciting times.A young life forged in early lessons.Wishing for the summer to come as freedom waits outside.Blind in all the fun and busyness of motion.Afraid to sit still as the blur helps you not see what is scary.Wanting so bad for others to see you when you can't see yourself.You see someone who looks like you, stuck and frozen in an endless winter.In a free fall, waiting for a break.You spring forward to catch them.The sum of your efforts has brought you back to yourself.The journey had twists and turns like veins in the river of your body.You flow like water, peace at sea, warm tears, and intense eyes; there is clarity.I want to be me, for me. I can see myself.