I said to myself I would like you

After all

We had both been swimming

Against a tide

A thing worth having…

And all that

 

 ‘There isn’t a girl in this world that doesn’t like me’

I said to him

Wanting that to be true

And one day in floats you

Quietly striding the breadth

Of the living room

Terrified

Expecting to see a monster

That was never there

 

Your bravery was already legend to me

I overheard a tale

Disguised in a durge

That without thinking

You dived in

Breathing life

Into a soul

Half drowned

Believing

As I did

A precious thing

Resided

In a hard shell

 

So I knew I was going to like you

You were already beautiful

Before I saw

How beautiful you are