I wasn't able to find love
For a long time
The part of me
That was supposed to love
And be loved
Was too broken to work
For a long time
But then one day,
I woke up
And that little part inside of me
That was too broken to work
Was suddenly ticking
It was a faint tick
So faint that I almost didn't believe
It was working once more
But it was thereYet I didn't understand
How it was thereSlowly I began to realize
The tick was because I had found love
Not a lover
But love
I had glimpsed it everywhere
Caught fragments of love in my palms
Without realizing what I had even
Been catchingI had caught love in the
around the waist hugs
Of a childhood friendI had caught love in the chance
To have a fresh love
To love a kid who had never
known me before
Who did not know
I was incapable of loveI caught love in the hoodie
Of a bother
Who gave me his clothes
Even when he loved them
Because he knew I loved
His hoodies moreI caught love in dance parties
Doing stupid dances
In the kitchen
With my youngest
To video game music
I didn't even knowI caught love in tea and worship music
There I found a peace
I hadn't known
That I longed forI caught love in morning devotion
An early morn focus
That brought out knowledge
Of the Bible
I had for so long cravedI suppose that in short
I could say that
I caught love in people
People who never stopped loving me
And who showed me
That I could still love them
I caught love in God
A savior who lights me on fire
Daily
And I caught love in family
A family who will never leave me"For I am yours, and you are mine"
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Poetry***PSA- PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ MY MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO THIS POETRY SAGA. I've been writing in this poetry journal since 2016 and they do get progressively better and more insightful.*** thank you carry on: These poems contain snippets of my...