Devotion To a Lady Unknown

A space inside wounded, scarred, and growling I invite her to this place unseen touching all damage delicate knowingly heals with tenderness mending hands work over my flesh soothing with sensitivity All I've ever wanted A love I've never known Unconditional affection and understanding A translator reading this heart's hieroglyph Teaching to trust with openness Made first never, made selfless, made cold She's thawed me teaching me to love myself In that I love her more For every emotion surging genuine She has brought out the best in me Accepts all that was the worst in me I've never felt so comfortable in my own skin In every way I'd loved before...there was inequality I to her, she to me...never a balance Never reciprocation...always uneasy, unsettling strife Distrust, Jealousy, and Selfishness poisoned everything Always chasing in vain, or running in earnest A series of mismatched souls meeting in different stages of life, bound to separate sour So here you are...an angel I'd not known to pray for Capable of breaking me down with a smile Where I'd created an aloof persona...you saw through Conquering the facade with a quick and cutting perspective Now I'm feeling this weight on my chest Quickening my pulse and shortening my breath Sighs made of what's left...you have me you hold me, I'm yours