"I am not the
first person you have loved.
You are not the first person I have looked at
with a mouthful of forevers. We
have both known pain like the sharp edges
of a knife. We have both lived with
lips
more scar tissue than skin. Our love came
unannounced in the middle of the
night.
Our love came when we'd given up
on asking love to come. I think
that has to be part
of its miracle.
This is how we heal.
I will kiss you like forgiveness. You
will hold me like I'm hope. Our arms
will bandage and we will press
promises
between us like flowers in a book.
I will write sonnets to the salt of
sweat
on your skin. I will write novels to the
scar of your nose. I will write a dictionary
of all the words I have used trying
to describe the way it feels to have
finally,
finally found you.
And I will not be afraid of your scars.
I know sometimes
it's stll hard to let me see you
in all of your cracked perfection,
but please know:
Whether it is the days you burn
more brilliant than the sun
or the nights you collapse into my lap
your body broken into a thousand
questions,
you are the most beautiful thing I've
ever seen.
I will love you when you are a still day.
I will love you when you are a hurricane."
- Clementine von Radics, Mouthful of Forevers
"I am not the first person you have loved. You are not the
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