forever more days

it took us forever to get here

and it will take us 

forever more days 

to get where we always wanted to be

I could be blind 

and still see 

that the love we give others 

is a mirror from you 

and a reflection of me

it was always the things I see

a moment that answers 

my questions of hope 

it was never anything fancy 

or anything bespoke

they lent themselves 

to the labor of love

they smelled florally beautiful 

like a breeze in the garden of eden

God gave us shame 

to know right from wrong

because we can't see him…

if we could, we’d find him

beside himself

in tears 

next to his greatest creation

yes, his greatest creation

it exists within all of us

the love that rounds 

the tribes and the nations 

it’s that love

the kind that set ablaze 

to the greatest nation 

it took us forever to get here 

and it will take

forever more days

to get where he always wanted us to be

life could be a door

love could be the key

I could be blind and still see

that all of this time

I was away from you

that you,

were really just me