Lessons of love

Inspiration from the quote "Teach me how to slow dance on our kitchen floor at 2 am and after we can sit on the counter and eat cookie dough and fall a little more in love."

Teach me how to slow dance at 2am

While we snack on cookie dough

On our kitchen counter, in our small house.

Teach me how to swing a golf tee

Under the soft sun glare, in our small garden.

Teach me how to stand in the freezing saltwater

In the middle of July

Against the bitter winds of the sea

While you hold my hand and walk me through the cold.

Teach me how to hold a violin

The smell of freshly polished wood and metal shavings

Melodies clear and lucid

Ringing through the space of our living room.

Teach me how to walk under the rain

Under the night sky, while the world cries

Buckets of fresh water, dripping onto our hair

Hold my hand and never let go.

Then in turn I will teach you how to read,

To fall in love with a story deep within the pages

Watching your eyes flash a million different shades

Under the soft sleepy yellow lamp light of our home.

I will show you the wonders of art,

Guide you through museums, point out artworks

Talk until your ears tire of symbols and meanings,

While holding your hand because it is the most beautiful thing amongst all the artworks.

I will teach you the wonders of running,

Fresh scents of dew rushing up your nostrils, your legs tired

Your lungs burn, your ears tear

As we race around our street early in the morn.

 

I will teach you how to cry,

How to let go, to not hold back, to not blame yourself.

For darling life is short and should not be wasted on regrets,

Life is eventful and will carry on, leaving you behind with your sorrows.

Please let me be your anchor in the storm,

Your comfort, your support, your home

Teach me how to live your life and I shall do the same

For with every self-discovery we made, we love more

 

We are all humans and we are flawed,

But to me darling, you are my forever more.

 

-j.n.-

 

Author's Note

Please be very critical and point out anything I'm doing weird.