Beginning Memory

Brangling nerves
tangled fear-edged
with hope
that you'd see me,
the real me,
and smile
open your heart,
as you already half held mine.

Laughing wonder.
Bemused I watched you
shine.
So far outside my reality,
but with what I hoped
was true sincerity.

Indulgent patience
loving every
long stretched moment until,
too late to save myself,
I found,
You were already mine.
Let's give it time