such a short time we have known each other.
i remember how you were,
skittish, scared of your own shadow.
you held on to the past
like the rings of a tree, your history pressed into each layer of your skin
things you can never tell me, and i will never know.
you are like a diamond:
a royal cut, bright and reflective, full clarity like your heart
slowly, you started to unfurl,
the little sliver in a pistachio
my fingers twitch, a helpless desire to touch
i hold back, if only not to scare you away.
you watch me, months at a time, like the great sequoias tree
then you reach out to me,
determination and steel
and trust me.
you are my savior
we rely on each other, a beautiful cosmic dance of yin and yang
a push,
a pull.
and i can only hope that i leave half the impression you left
you the wet sand,
and me a print
before the oncoming tide.