The One Who Escaped Me-Chasity Hamilton

This is for you...


For the day we spent in that special room
as I wiped the dust from your grandfather's fiddle,
you wiped the dust from my collarbones-
said we could make a home in these memories.



This is for you...
Whether you be a million moons from my eyes
or a several seas from my touch-
you're never far from my heart.


This is for you...
For the way you wiped the rain from my eyes,
and the tears of the sky could one day sing halleluiah
for broken wings that only need dreams to learn to fly.



This is for you...
The seeds you planted in my palms
to bloom sweet kisses- wrapped in the words
 you whispered in my ears.



This is for you....
For the late night talks,
walks in the moonlight,
and the shine of your skin as silken as my dreams of you are.



This is for you....
the way you caught my whimpers and
blew them away on wisps of wind,
held me close, as my bones tried to settle in tight skin.



This is for you...
As I laid on your window seal,
baring my soul but unashamed-
because you swore I was beautiful.



This is for you...
Wrapped up in white sheets,
melting into my heart as I think if love could have a face
it would be yours.



This is for you...
wherever you are.


This is for you...
As I think of the smile that
made me ponder wonderful impossibilities


For you,
my keeper of dreams,
my poet of love.


For the sound of your voice
so soft over phone cords,
as I hide away from
the world a piece of me I keep for you.


This is for you.
Wherever you are,
my starlit beauty.


The one who has escaped me.
The chains that are restricting.



This is for you,
the one who promised a home of memories
that never belonged to me.


This is to you,
the one who escaped me.