YOU

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You.

Tell me thing about you.

Things that you think will help me see you better.

Pages and pages, you enumerate 

your likes and dislikes,

your strengths and weaknesses,

you give me an overview;

A rundown,

a list of what are the things that make YOU.

But darling,

don't you understand?

That to me, you are more than what these words can ever paint,

an ever-changing landscape of summer, fall, autumn, and winter's day?

A paradox,

yet a balance to my life's equinox.

I cannot fully fathom

what needs to be said and done,

for you to abandon ship and just be,

and not try to be anyone.

Do not fret, my dear,

for I do not wish for you to be named.

You will remain free,

with no boundaries

to hold you back, to make you stay.

I will fight for you,

and wait for that day

when you hold me close and breathe gently

the secrets that you hold,

til then I will fight for you,

for us, 'til you unfold.

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Shine Bennet