Love Poem #1

A Poem by Kc Aiken

I feel as if I could never capture that moment.
Maybe it's self confidence
I know I can make you laugh
I know I have
But it's a moment I don't feel I could recreate.

Your happiness is unattainable
But maybe that's why I try so hard
Maybe that's why I'll never give up
Maybe that's why I'm completely lost at this task
Of making you smile.

There is no goal in life I find more worthy of my time.
Call it silly or call it what you will
To me it is more pointless
To waste away
To fritter away
At the details
Of collateral
Masquerades
Then it is to surprise you.

I want to tell you.
That I'll lasso down
The falling stars
Wrapping around your neck
A string of fallen things
That'll never hit the ground
As long as you love them
And at the pendant place my heart.

I want to lock away my hopes
And forget everyone of my dreams
Giving you the only key
So that together we can find again
Each one
Because I know together we'll find them.

I feel as if I could find myself in you.

I have a handful of ragged words
And a broken heart.
It's what I have to give
And I feel as if there is no greater gift.
If you would just see.

If you would just see.
That in these words
Is the most faithful hands
That'll ever hold you.
Words
That will always look you in the eyes
And with unshakable certainty
Make you feel beautiful.

If you could just see
That despite the many frayed edges
And cracked fault lines
This heart has seen war
But is the one that will never give up on you.

I'm not sure what it'll take
To have you fall in love
But I already love you.