Ready

I'm ready.

I will say it. I will scream it. 

I declare it.

I announce you. 

I've been found.

I will show you off.

I will wear you like a second skin.

A better fit than anything, that soul of yours.

You see my heart through the window of me ~

And know it.

I recognize you.

Because you are me.

I will hold your hand until it's no longer tangible

I will kiss you up until the last second 

and when you are gone still taste you on my lips

I will remember the story of us 

and keep it in my pocket at all times

I will take a needle and thread and 

sew up any tear in your heart.

I will repair any broken part of you

and mend you with myself.

I will loan you a heartbeat 

and borrow you a breath

when you need one.

With you I will freeze, I will unthaw, I will melt

We will leap and bound and overcome 

and forgive and live.

To the ends of the earth we'll go

I won't trail behind, I won't go on ahead

but stay by your side and match your steps with mine 

(and know that this is still not enough

for what I want for you).

Until we are gone.

Until we come back as something else.

When we find each other again,

and start all over.

Until then.

Here we go.

I announce you.

I will say it. I will scream it. I declare it.

I'm ready.

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