I'll see you in my dreams
At first, I didn’t quite saw it the way I’m seeing it now.
It put a smile on my face, the shallow kind.
Setting foot in front of its bare outline prompted me to feel as if I was having a home run.
And the instinct of protection, I felt it right at the moment of discovery.
It felt like it needed to be wrapped and stored for the meantime.
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At the right place and at the right time, it found its way to me differently.
More than just a wrapped present, it now feels like it’s a seed that I need to water down.
And nurture and nourish consistently as any other precious tree should.
I
— as if it is mine.
Of all the soils it could choose to grow, why here?
Why where my eyes could feast on it for as long as it want?
Why not where I could just hear it anyway?
Why now, when it could have been earlier or later?
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I thought I already had the home run the first time.
When its fact of future existence became known.
But I see it now —
I see that we’re more than just strangers.
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I see you.
I see that you are making me chase you.
I see that you want me to run after you.
And I will,
I already am.
I will water you down. I will plow the ground no matter how deep we need it to be.
I will protect you to the best of my ability, the best way I know how.
I see you.
I see that it’s going to be more than just a shallow kind of smile.
I see that it might even be about shedding tears.
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But I am yours, wholeheartedly.
And you are mine.
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I’ll see you.
Soon.
But for now, I’ll see you in my dreams.