I didn't know what you saw in me,

but I was grateful that you did

because you were the only

person who ever had.

Up until then,

I was strong...

but you made me weak.

the feeling petrified me.

"cheer up, sweet beautiful boy.

you are going to love again

& it will be magnificent,"

my mother had always told me.

...

"to tell you the truth, I don't have much to offer.

but I'll still give you everything I've got,

even if it's barely a thing at all.

I just want to be with you."

I tightly closed my eyes shut;

thinking that what you had to "offer"

was more than I've ever dreamed of -

...

you kissed me then, under the

starry November sky. & as we

melted into one another, I knew

I was in love.