Hitchhiker.

You thank me for being patient

but it's not my patience that keeps me here

it's not my willingness to settle that moves me to love

it's not my smile that calms my every waking fear

it's every piece of me that fits along your own

it's every wink and smile and touch that holds me in your arms

it's the warmth that radiates through your every open pore

it's the butterflies you elicit whenever you are near

it's your heart that opens when I speak words of nightmares and memories, one and just the same

it's your eyes that stop me in my pace, rooting me before you as if I'm the one

it's your palms that still my sadness, moving me towards grace

it's you who shifted the heavy weight, the burdens on my back

it's your fingertips that reach my shoulder and massage every ache

it's not me who found you, lost amongst the trees

it's you who picked me up, a hitchhiker along the way

and for you I'll move mountains, earth, and stone

because for me, you are the ease that welcomes me in close, gathering me towards home

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