There you are.

For Kirk.

The soul that pulled me from the past into the hug of the present.

There you are.

There you are looking over your shoulder 

With those eyes

Those eyes that worry about leaving me behind

There you are, giving me all your extra time

There you are loving me 

Pushing through all the hurt that’s made me blind

There you are begrudgingly playing games, laughing while we wait in line

There you are kissing me, in your way just to be kind

There you are

There’s your hand reaching for mine

Saying sweet things 

Holding steady, not always ready

But being easy to find

There you are 

My light that shines
through the deepest holes in my mind

There you are, my love

My miraculous straight line

No curves

No ups or downs

Just here and here again, my friend

My middle, my beginning, my end

Will you come watch the stars, feed the turtles, hear the sounds

The quiet music I know you hear

Where the river bends?

Will you sit with me,

Walk with me,

And promise to sing it again?

“Yes.”, they say 

over and over 

And there 

we are

entwined 

It’s you! 

“It’s me.”

Kirkell? 

“Victory.”

My love, 

My beauty,

My tree,

That heart that beats in tune with me.