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I who 
have never 
known love
been loved 
been one 
of those special moments 
For someone 
I who have waited,
choked
on this patience
am aching
and afraid when
I find myself
lured 
baited
taken
by the gentlest
of nature
exhibited
honestly 
openly
for no other
reason 
than to 
make known to me
that I 

am 
special 
something 
better 
than I have 
known myself to be
I see myself now 
in the way 

that he 
reflects me 
in his eyes
in the reach 
of his hands
in the way that he 
plans
seconds, minutes,
hours,
life 
against the time 
I am alive 
along
for this ride
I
who have never
known love
am in awe
of its 
touch
of the way 
that it
hugs 
all the
edges of life
the hard ones
the sharp ones
the far ones
the ones
that have 
no shape
love becomes
water 
and takes
its cue
to do what ever 
must be done
I who have never
known love
been loved
how found some
fountain
of truth
and it pours
gently from his heart
his lips
whispers of it
against 

the reluctant parts of me 
I who did not expect
love 
am made 

to believe
that I deserve 
that I am worth
what he gives
I who have never
know love
am now 
I fear,
swimming 
in 

it