The Swan's Song

I came to you unbidden
Across a continent whose mountains and streams we will never cross together.
Yet you reached out
Offering me a hand up and I grasped it almost in desperation.

I came to you unthinking
Believing you were only the means to an end, not understanding the means is all there is.
The end is only an illusion
That holds up its end of this rope we are jumping double Dutch.

I came to you uncaring
Having no idea who you were, only to be amazed by who you are.
Goodness personified
Hidden behind a façade that drives off all those who believe they really know.

I came to you unloving
Not realizing that I would grow to love you more than I could ever imagine.
Without ever touching your face
Or holding in my arms, one who calls forth my sun every day and the stars at night.

I come to you
Pouring out all the secrets of my heart, all the thoughts in my mind, confident
That you will never defile them
Because you are my reflection, the one who understands who I am.

And I wish that I had met you sooner.