You & I

You…

You will ruin my life.

I tell you that over and over again.

You will not listen. You can not listen.

Why won't you just listen?

LISTEN.

You will ruin my life.

You will destroy me.

You will take away everything I worked so hard to build.

Just like those who came before you…. You…

Will ruin my life. I’ll say it again, but… You…

are incredibly distracting.

I have never seen anyone like you…. You…

Caught my eye in a room with hundreds of people…

You with the sleeve tattoo and the irritating smile.

You with the hat that my friend knocked on the floor.

You who asked politely for a good night kiss. You.

You made my head spin and my heart pound and you….

You scared me because I decided love at first sight did not exist years ago.

You… I ghosted. I stopped answering but I gave you a reason.

You will ruin my life. You are not what I am looking for… You.

You are who I looked for in every crowded room after that day and

You are the one who I will not stop thinking about.

I can not stop thinking about… you.

You who showed up just in time to move the stool my friend was dragging me through.

You who responded kindly to my unexpected kiss.

You who inspired the same butterflies and nervous heart beat the second time.

You who spent an entire night in another crowded room begging me to give YOU a chance…

You.

You took that chance and exceeded all of my wildest expectations.

You showed me a love I did not think existed.

You loved me for everything I am, everything I want to be, and everything I am not.

You are my best friend.

You are my partner.

You are the love of my life.

You are the reason I believe in love.

You and I are generational curses breakers because of you…

You.