for her, for you

my heart has already been poured out,
  for all of you to see...

you know the love for her - for you -
  that burns so freely,
so deeply, so unending...
within the hallways of my mind.

you know about her beauty - your beauty -
  and how it radiates
to reach through the darkness
  to fill me with the love so sweet.
the sunrise is empty colors
next to the beauty I see in her,
the beauty she possesses...

you know the desire I have for her - for you -
  the desire to wrap my arms around you
and feel the warmth of your body so close...
  the desire to be her only one,
the one who will uplift her...
the one who will encourage her...
the one who will complete her,
  and fill the empty space inside
   her soul...
I desire to be near to her...

you know about her loveliness - your loveliness -
  and how it illuminates
to reach through the empty spaces
  inside of my heart...
and take away the fear,
the frustrations,
the disapointments...
and fill me with a peace so true
  that it consumes my very soul
  and turns my life inside out...
    completes me.
the oceans are shallow
next to the depth of her grace,
 the depth of her loveliness...

and these things have been spoken,
and these things have been said...
in words sculpted for her.
yet none of them quite capture
  what is so fervently burning
   inside of me...
for her. for you.

-Jon Johnston


© 1998 Jonathan Johnston


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