I Haven’t Written Any Poems In A While

I haven't written any poems in a while, because

I didn't need to until she looked at me that way

I remembered that I'd forgotten

what it was to feel, more than just knowing

that someone loved me

She sat there with a look that was

every good thing I'd done that mattered

and every bad thing that didn't

and everything in between that she accepted 

the way that I couldn't

Everything I didn't let myself feel for years

because I'm flawed

because I'm afraid

because my eyes wander even if my heart stays

Came pouring out of me until I'd made a list of people

to make things right

She is all the good things about myself

and probably some of the bad things too

But with her, I remember that I am enough