You Came To Me

You came to me like you knew who I was,
You said my name like you had said it a hundred times,
You stood next to me as if there was no where left to stand,
You left without saying goodbye so many times,
but you said hello better than a thousand goodbyes.

You pulled me in,
Away from myself.
You left me swimming,
Searching amidst the waves for glances of you.
You always came back to me because I was always there,
a life preserver in uncharted waters.

Your eyes held me like the moon holds the tides
With ability to fill me so full I cannot swallow
or to take it all away,
thirsting for you and your next flood.

I stayed with the patience of stars,
Always there, shining
Rarely noticed from inside closed doors

I let you in,
Under the waves, under the covers of insecurities,
To let you sleep in my bed,
My place of safety,
My place of hope.

You listened to my dreams only to tell me of your own,
You touched my body to quiet your mind,
To find solace inside something soft,
if only for a moment,
An escape from the hardness of yourself.

You love with convenience, trust with anger,
Sleep with the restlessness of the ghosts you carry in your soul,
and live each day wishing for the end,
The great last cheap thrill to take you away
In some kind of blur, some kind of story, some kind of glorified lie.

You look at me like you know that there is more,
There is love,
There is God,
There is hope for you.