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.