"Wait for me...Okay?"

You're back.
Again.

The same warm and lighthearted smile....
Baby blue sweater tucked messily in your white pants...
Arms outstretched only to me...
Doubting and uneasy expression...
As if I'd choose someone over you...

The world was us.
No matter the struggle and pain...
The love and commitment always saw us through...
And that was enough...
We were enough.
But.

That was before...
Before your fear of not being enough ate you away...
The dilemma and pressure that slowly crept into our stronghold and unmasked it...
Defenseless,
Unarmed,
Torn between.

This scene has played over and over...
Yet, this time...
A different air surrounds us...

You walk to me...
Reserved...
Humble...
Eyes strong enough to meet mine but all emotions held back...
Your posture upright but not dominating, gentle...
As if doing this would change anything you've done...
And yet...
Even though I know how this plays...
Even if you might break my heart to pieces again...
I stay...
I still do..

Why?
What for?
Love?
Regret?
Second chance?
Even I don't know...
The reason I bare myself to you once more...
All I am at your fingertips...
That I've yet to discover.

All I know... is that,
I love you enough to let you go...
And,
I still love you enough to welcome you back...
If you still want me...
If, after all this time... I am still what you need...
That by the end of this, I remain as the only person you need to feel whole and contented...

But I won't press you into it...
I won't,
shouldn't,
breathe a word about this...

My feelings are compromised...
All this surging and roaring emotions ready to wrap you back in its arms...
I'd withhold...
Because I deserve to hear it from you...
This time...
Can you, be the one to pursue me...
Pull me back in, will you?

"Hi."
Hi.

"I know...It's been so long. You probably forgot about me now, haven't you? Some jerk and loser who chose to let you go because he was afraid, a coward even... It's alright if you did... I don't blame you."
You're wrong...
I never forgot...
You came like a gift...Covered in simple wrapping ...nothing too much.
Just right...
And I loved every inch of who you are...
Your temper, recklessness and love for the unknown...
I'd never forget the man who made me look beyond now, in search of tomorrow.
Your memory will remain engraved in my being.

"But...If God is willing to ask me again, even if I am beyond undeserving... I'll ask for you... To walk besides me...with me, to our tomorrow...If, somehow...You find it in your heart to accept me."

I stand up.
I take your hand and place it in my chest...
looking up to you, I say,
"This time...you don't get to leave. Let me prove to you, I am enough. What we have today...may not be much, but if the day ends with your hand in mine...then that's enough...Okay?"

You stand in awe... and within seconds I'm in your arms...
safe and loved...
the past forgotten,
everything back in its place.
Finally,
You're home.

[❣ Breathe by Lauv]

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