An Exhaustive Search

Barriers

How many barriers
Have we gone through?
I feared this will be forever,
And it made me sick.

It's not that we hated
Each other, just that fate
Made it hard to keep running
Towards our goals,
For I wanted to run away
Or lie in bed all day.

We only knew each other online,
Thought I'd be fine as friends,
Didn't know you liked me,
I was scared you didn't,
But here we are today.

I wanted to meet you,
See how you were like in person,
I already saw how you were like
On text and phone call,
Meeting each other
Was long overdue.

You've done so much good,
We barely talked at first,
Thought it'd mean nothing,
You were the least
I expected to be with.

I asked myself what was the point,
Was this waiting worth it,
Two lovers separated
By a screen, it sounded
So easy to break free.

It wasn't me,
It was you,
I didn't know,
All I knew was that
The feeling was overwhelming.

I read about love,
Even got a taste of the feeling,
But everything I felt about love
Was merely a taste,
What they called the tip
Of the iceberg.

A change occurred,
I usually don't do well with change,
But this was the few I welcomed,
We finally broke through the screen,
So what if it was temporary?

It was our first date,
Our first real date,
The wait was so worth it,
We did so many things together,
This one meeting
Forever cemented in my mind.

I've always wondered how you felt,
How your very touch would feel,
The hugs, the kisses,
Your smooth flawless skin,
I could only guess based
On the pictures you'd send me.

Now I know,
Throughout our entire date,
I clung onto you,
I knew our next meeting
Wouldn't be any time soon,
Which was why
I wanted to cherish
Your touch as much as possible.

We went to the museum,
More like the haunted house,
We went to the aquarium,
More like the movies,
We went to the workshop,
More like the toy store,
And we went to the city,
More like heaven.

But my favorite part
Wasn't the places we went to,
My favorite part
Was having you wrapped
Around my arms,
Never wanting to let go
As I gave you several kisses.

It was hard to say goodbye,
But I am happy this happened,
Not sad that it ended,
For it was a memory we created,
And we have pictures
Together to cement it.