By sassy
Date: 2005 Oct 02
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[[2005.10.02.23.34.7845]]

Boy

When we met,
and I first looked into your eyes
images flashed in my mind
a slide show , a preview.
I could see what you would look like
laughing, smiling, sleeping.
I knew that you would be the kind
of man who yells when he's angry
but makes up for it in tenderness.
I sensed what it would feel like when
you touched my face, or kissed me.
I knew that I would love you.  

I knew too, that you would break my heart.
In your dark eyes I saw a chasm
of need, an empty hole in your soul
dug deep by people who were supposed
to love you and did not.  
I'm sorry they didn't make a safe place for you
in the world,
I'm sorry that you were a little boy lost
and that no one can sate the love-hunger
of that child.
All I can do is love you now.  
You have to make the choice
to let that be enough.