Behind my Smile

More of me knowing more of you

Weaving through increasingly familiar paths 

To the place our souls connect and reconnect 

Over and over again.

The joy this journey gives me unsettles me in equal measure

In that space where time stretches or stands still 

Where you see me raw naked open and broken

With all the battle wounds of past hurts throbbing

And, you choose to love the fragility I am.

Inevitably and irrevocably changing me

Healing, restoring and soothing dulling aches.

Passion, hope, devotion soars to new heights within me,

And the me you increasingly know and love

Is reborn radiating that joy in my soul you infused

By the mere mention, touch and existence of you

And the only hint of this not so small miracle 

Is the secret behind the smile on my lips and these few words.

So, thank you.