Pov

Some may say they've never felt love
Or that they're too scared to, so why bother right
Or they've fallen but into places
Where a cold stillness caught their hearts instead of the warmth

I can say I've fallen to some of these outcomes, and it's not pleasant
But oh, does it make finding the true thing so much more satiating

I know I say this a lot, that with you my effortless translation of my feelings
Become shell shocked speechless, but with a calm peace I let it take me over

Every inch of me wants to tell you though
Wants to find the perfect words to match the incredible love that is you
So, this is me, trying to attempt just that

"You took my heart... and gave it a home"
Danced in our ears, filling our emotions with an ecstasy of endless bliss
Its something about your touch
You're the first person that I know doesn't just feel me
When the space between us gets smaller and smaller
You see me
You hear me
You hear every delicate caress
Telling you I love you

You leave my lips in eloquent silence
Leaving every nerve, atom, cell in my being wanting you even more
Frantically wanting to pass through
Every sensation of raw, sweet, radiance I feel for you
Out Through the ends of my fingertips
Into the coils of your hair
Into the soft, safe warmth that is your chest

Around the trusting fine drawn creases of your eyes
As my fingertips kiss your skin, surrendering to your soulful melody
But its nothing more then a silent scream
That I hope you hear because my soul doesn't know how else to tell you

My eyes become overwhelmed with the surge of surrealism
That I let go
I let my walls fall into you
Heavy with grace
But you catch me and ever drop before one can hit your skin

"I'm here baby", "Its okay I'm here"
My breathing gets heavy, shaking with disbelief
That for once my soul feels relaxed hearing these words
There tired yet relieved tears
Tears that have been shed for loving "too hard"
Tears that were taken for granted
Tears now of joy

I hold you as if you had just come back from war
Clinging to your heart that I hold so so dear to mine
You make me want to be so close our energies become one
It's just one beautiful flicker of light shining in unison

Constantly outpouring the subdued walls to one another, appreciating the firsts

I've never been so comfortable in my skin around anyone not even the mirror
But with you I don't feel anything less of whole and safe.

Some may think to be naked you
Just help someone take off the layers of clothing
Till there's a warm, plush layer
Which then means you have seen all of that person
Naked is the mask which clothes provide
Eyes on the outside of these flowing walls of fabric don't see the person
They see exterior
A bareness of soul and depth.
You haven't even seen the beginning of who they are

What's their childhood street they played on till the streetlights went off
What thoughts keep them up till 2 am
What's the stories laced within their scars
That they've never showed a soul
You haven't seen them naked
They were just covered with materialistic wrapping that you ripped off abruptly
As if they were the toy you wanted on Christmas
That you forgot was there 10 seconds after opening the next one

"I don't want to cry but you know me so well"

The lyric hits me and I come back to the present
Touched by the reality that you are the first to ever see me

To ever
See
Me

All of me
The me that is the most raw and vulnerable
The me with painted stretch marks that kiss my thighs
The me that has been loved, taken advantage of, thrown away, and forgiven

The incredible thing is
I don't feel naked
I don't have the immediate self-conciseness
To rush to the safety of darkness to put my layers of walls back on
"I actually could stay like this for a while"

Because for the first time having layers or not, didn't mean anything to me
You let me see you in the most open crease of your tender energy

As did I

Being there felt like a lifetime of different loves in one soul
Forever in a moment

First time I ever truly let someone see me naked
Stripped of insecurities now re grown with confidence and self-love

So, thank you
You took my heart
And gave it a home
So even though all I can manage to say in the moment

Is
I love you

Just know I tried to
Give you something to
Help you understand you
From my

Point
Of
View
I love you