Beauty in baggage

Come to me.

Come to me with all you could possibly bring.

Come to me with the scent of past lovers on your skin

with your childhood tragedies at your feet

with a heart so broken, your body can no

longer bleed.

Come to me

and I will show you no fear. for i too, carry grief

for I too, am broken.

Show me your hands and I see no red.

Show me your heart that only I can mend.

I have been told,

we are only as brave we believe.

this, I believe.

when I look at you, I see intelligence

I see beauty beyond comparison and I may be only a witness to right now

but when I look at you,

I see you.

I can feel you as though you are all I've known

and as you come to me,

your hand, placed over my heart

your eyes, deep ocean art

you too, can feel me for I will never be too far.

-LaurenAshley