Hope

Did you know that you touched my heart while I was reaching for your hand?
As I was talking to you and not remembering the things we said I lost my defense.
Standing there with the foolish grin upon my face I had eyes for only you; was there anyone else?
The more I heard, the quieter the room seemed to get, or was that just my focus?

And every day as I get up in the morning I think of you as sit up and rub out the sand
As I work through the day, handle my job and each of the things I must do with finesse
Those around me see and notice, even if they have no idea what or why; and I contain my happy yells
And all this, these happy thoughts and times, me with my stupid grin, without you in my locus.

How to bring this to be a permanent condition, to bring you to this place of happiness you gave?
How can I find your point of joy and entice you to live the rest of your life with me?
I tremble some as I envision the future I see spreading before my wondering and so happy eyes.
How to share this dream with you and spark the desire I wonder, fear, and think I see buried within

I long to hold you in my embrace, to shelter you from all that stands against you; my life to save.
You evoke within me a tenderness I am bemused to say I have never felt, don’t you see?
Yet, I wonder, how can I gain your attention, to take your mind from all those other guys…
Unsure of each step I take, unfamiliar as each may seem, with you I long this journey to begin.