Early morning and I wake up to a hand resting on my chest
I’m confused, but I know exactly who it is
I feel warm, almost like I’m finally home
This is a safe space
This is a safe place
This is a space I want to be forever
Please freeze time so this moment can last forever
While desperately wishing for an everlasting moment, I hear it…
“Ek’s lief vir jou”
Time becomes irrelevant
I have all the time in the world
To hear those words again
To head those words justice
To solidify the context of a deeper meaning
A word reserved for that special someone,
And that someone’s me
Every single battle fought, was for this exact cause
And I see that glimmer of sunlight now more than ever
I want to see the rest of my book filled in with those words
I need to see the amazing story to be told
A story filled with love and joy
A story filled with her by my side
Safe as houses
My home rooted deep in your heart
A heart riddled with sheaths of iron
A heart you stole right out my rib cage
A cage once locked, but finally opens
Marshmallows, grass lands, light towers, butterflies, ships, a voyage, an adventure, through the darkest days, through the dullest days, every single second, missing you, every single “miss quote”, every single hidden clue, an empty room, a great wall built to keep a little boy safe, a big monster struck down by an Angel.
A God that found me
An Angel given to me to be mesmerised about
To make all the butterflies flutter around in my chest
To lock up the chest with old photos of a journey not meant for me
This is the first page
This is the index to our love
And I’ll open this book up with the following words;
My skat, jy maak die onmoontlik moontlik.
Jy maak my soos die mees spesialste persoon op die planeet voel.
Dankie dat jy my so lief het.
Dankie dat jy nog altyd onvoorwaardelik vir my daar was.
Ek ken jou nie so lank nie, maar dit voel soos ‘n leeftyd.
Jy is my prinsessie, en ek sal jou altyd veilig hou en lief hê.
Ons het ‘n pad begin saam stap, en ek is trots op die feit dat ek jou my engel kan noem.
Die lewe gooi mens soms met massiewe struikel blokke
Maar ek’s bly ek kan in die einde van die dag jou vashou