Knowing Beauty

The moment everything else turns ugly.

I should have kept my eyes shut.

I need to let you know
you are beautiful.
Not just physically,
but your energy—
Something about you
makes me want you wrapped around me.

I want to dance in
the glow of your energy.
A million miles couldn’t
spare me from the 
ghost of your smiles.
A million demons couldn’t
tempt me
from the joy of your soul.

Even now,
I write these words
and feel you playing
in my heart.
Even now,
I won’t let you go.

I love the pain
being apart brings.
Know my soul as if it’s yours,
because it’s not been here for a while.
Know your soul—
its match has been met
and I can’t let you go.

This beauty never fades and I try to never look at it again.