golden sunflowers.
i am the princess
who locked myself in my cold stone castle.
afraid to love, afraid to lose.
but then you came
and suddenly, the foundation cracked because of your humor
the walls shook because of your laugh
and the ceilings sagged under the weight of your kindness.
you gently took away each stone from my ivory tower
and taught me how to love again.
the fortifications that surrounded my heart lie in shambles
and you in your shining armour
have swept me away.
i followed the cobblestone path to the docks
the ocean pounding beneath me, its salty mist stings my forlorn eyes
and the breeze carries my tired soul.
it knows the beating of my heart.
i close my eyes
and whisper of my love
into the neck of a bottle
and send my love out into the open sea.
but the next week, it floated back to me.
today, i drove in a car with frosted glass.
i couldn't see through the windows.
so i drew a heart
and i thought of you.
i saw the landscape pass me by through that heart.
speeding by much too fast.
i didn't realize how far we'd gone
and i thought of what I wanted all along.
so i let my glove smear the heart
and i cleared the glass.
i could finally see.
