Shaking off
this feeling
of unbelonging.
No longer afraid,
but still not
all the way
in or out
of this equation.
As if deciding
if I still want to be
here at all.
Then,
I hear your voice
and see your smile.
Everything changes,
so suddenly.
No longer one foot
through the door.
I am all the way
in
for you.
Take all my discomfort
at existing.
All my uncertain
melodrama
and watch it evaporate,
like a drop of water
hitting the Sun.
Set my heart to racing
and my blood
afire.
Turning these hands
into fists again.
A creature that used
to doubt the veracity
of its own existence,
ready now
to take on
the world.
You make me feel
like I
am real,
unlike anyone,
or anything else
in this world.
Damn you.
Damn you.
Thank you.
HG – 2022
Everybody needs this kind of presence