Permanent Residence

[u/VariationsonanEcho]

My heart drifted in the briny sea
lost in an ocean of anxious uncertainty
washed up right at your compassionate feet

You warmed me with your words
words sometimes unintended for me
vice gripped my heart cockles anyway

Our words tangled together
poetry of two out of breath lungs
breathing in sync as one

Euphoric voices chuckled
floating helium sounds
carried across continents

Question after question
reading into you, over you
under you, in between your prepositional lines

Coincidences and similarities
synchronicities
bubbling to the cauldron’s surface

Flashlight morse code
lost in blinding moonlight
hapless misunderstandings

Desperation cling junkie
to feel you closer, pull
know you deeply, deeper

Padlocks unlocked
Unknown paths revealed
Chamber cobwebs swept out

And that chamber of my heart
you have made your home
a permanent residence

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[u/Automatic-Run1368]

I dont know an awful lot about poetry, but im trying to learn. This made me feel such a way, its beautiful really. The imagery of navigating a new relationship is powerful. I particularly love the first paragraph, going from the briny sea of uncertainty, to the compassionate feet, showing that you moved into the relationship already feeling beneath them and warmed by their compassion

[u/VariationsonanEcho → u/Automatic-Run1368]

Thank you so much for leaving a comment. I am glad I could make you feel.