Devotion

What would you say
if I told you I love you?

As humans,
we love in so many ways.

I love your presence in my life.

I love the way you make me feel seen.

You make me feel less alone
in a world full of individuals.

But I hate when you feel so distant...
lost in the liminal spaces
between reactions and conversations.

I wonder where you are,
what you are doing,
who is on your mind
like you are on mine?

I love you.

Not for what you give to me,
but for what you offer.

Friendship.
Companionship.

A sounding board
for all the things I feel like
I can't say out loud…

but you hide under this shroud of mystery
that is so thick
I can't break through.

I wish I could get through to you.

You're one foot into the mortal coil,
and I don't want you
to leave me behind.

I love you,
for the unique soul you are.

My inner witch wants to shrink you down
and keep you in a jar
where I can have you at my beck and call
and make sure you never leave
this world at all.

But I don't want to capture you,
keep you like a pet.

I want to let you be free...

I just need you to see,

that I love you.