You Are More

Here's a journal entry I wrote a while ago that I read at the Crucible once. It's posted for Lauri S - at long last!

You Are More

You are like a bird who soars high and sees farther than I do. You are light and have a beautiful song. Your feathers are made of more colors than I can imagine.

But you are more than a bird.

You are like a lion. You are bold and brave and can find me when I'm hidden. You have a powerful roar and are intimidating to those who are not your friends.

But you are more than a lion.

You are like a horse and can run as fast as the wind. You laugh at fear and carry me far from trouble. You are majestic and beautiful.

But you are more than a horse.

You are like a flower. You are gentle and beautiful and full of sweetness. You can bring smiles to dreary days.

But you are more than a flower.

You are like an ocean and are so deep I cannot reach the bottom of you. You can crush anything in your path. I could get lost in you.

But you are more than an ocean.

You are like light. You can shatter the darkness and chase it away with just a tiny piece of you. You show my path to me when I am lost.

But you are more than light.

You are like music and you can stir my heart, touching it gently or deeply, whichever you choose. You can get past all my blocks and walls and gates with no effort. You can bring me peace with just a whisper.

But you are more than music.

I don't know what you are, but I do know that if you are more than a bird, a lion, a horse, a flower, an ocean, the light and music, you are bigger than my imagination can contain.

You are everything and everything is yours. There is no end to you and no beginning, but with you every beginning starts and we will find our end in you.

You made everything, and you are revealed by your creation and that is so mysterious to me. Everything we discover about it is from you.

Such a magnificent being.
Such a majestic brilliance.
Such a grand and indescribable person.

And YOU saw ME.

You saw me and you loved me entirely. You followed me and you wooed me and you made me fall in love with you. You WANT me. You want ME.

Such things are too great for me to understand, but I will never stop trying.

I will never stop looking at the parrot feathers and knowing that yours are even more full of colors I've never seen.

I will never stop imagining how much more powerful and majestic you are than lions or horses.

I will notice the flowers and thank the merciful heart who gave us such beauty.

When I am at the ocean, I will know that though it is vast, it is but a drop to you.

I will ever be grateful for light that shines and music that melts me and I will know that YOU are HE that chose me.

And for that, I will give you my everything.