Again and Again.

When you say I love you, I feel so peaceful, so calm
I feel like everything from that point on will be okay.
When you say I miss you, I feel content, like my sandpaper
heart is finally becoming smooth, finally filtering the
pain, finally molding into a true resident of love.
When you say Come here, I feel light as air when I walk
toward you, like there's nothing around me, like my eyes
have locked in one position, staring at yours, long, hard.
When you say Are you okay? I feel reassured, despite anything
that is going on, or wrong, is so right, and beyond okay.
When you say I know you all too well, I feel like I know
nothing about myself, and too sure that you've got everything
stored away in the back of your mind, forever and always.
When you say I love it when you do that, I feel like everything
I do is right, everything I am is perfect, everything I will
become will be just fine, everything that I was, was never wrong.
When you say I trust you, I feel at ease, I feel powerful, I feel
like I can solve any problem, I feel like I can beat down barriors.
I tremble just from one touch, I can't breathe from a thought, and
I fail to see the many flaws you claim to have. These things never
meant that I have your heart, or that you even want mine, it just
means I can see you, and you can see me. I'm not invisible, and
neither are you.

That's not all I need, but it's enough to keep me here.

-Alana Kalynn Weldon