There You Are

From the moment I saw you

I knew it was true,

The one I had been searching for

I found when I met you.

Across the room I saw

Your appearance so clear.

My breath caught in my chest,

In my eye, was that a tear?

I looked you up and down,

I even had you spin around.

I couldn't believe my eyes,

Had I finally found my prize?

All it took was a haircut,

A change in clothes,

And a decent compression

Of what I call those.

But for the first time I saw

True love in my eyes.

In this moment,

I no longer believed the lies.

I looked in the mirror,

It was finally clear!

The person reflected,

My true love it seemed,

Was finally me.

"There you are,"

I whispered,

Afraid to speak up.

If the words were much louder

I was terrified the mirror could shatter.

I'd spent many a year

Looking for your image.

Hiding myself away,

Trapped in a cycle so vicious.

Never again

Will I hide behind the mask.

No longer

Will I put myself last.

My name is Jordan-

Pronouns They, Them, and Theirs.

Now that I finally see me,

I love me without care.