Someone I only saw in my dreams.

A Poem by Adelina

I recently met someone who has pulled me out of a slump, and makes me feel alive again. This is for him.

Imagine a boy but at the same time a man. Someone that has the curiosity and generosity of a young child, but the passion, strength, and sensuality of a man well beyond 23. This person has a way of making you feel like you are talking to someone you have known forever, yet from a different time period. He has the brownest eyes that are borderline, black. When he gazes at the simplest thing or hears a pretty word, his eyes become soft and fixed at the same time. When he looks at me, I become short of breath…as if he knows everything about me, even things that I trick myself not to believe. He has the presence that can be compared to a mother welcoming you into her home, mixed with the wisdom of a 90 year old man, and the suaveness of an Italian boy who would ride a moped and sit outside your window. He is compassionate without being over-bearing or interested in some sort of personal gain. When you think of something to say, but fear being misunderstood if you said it out loud…He is unhesitant to say it first and more than happy to have an hour-long conversation about the idea. I met this someone, when I feared I would only see him in my dreams.