poetry session

They say to keep it simple.
Write what you know.
Or even, just write SOMETHING, sit in front of your notebook or keyboard and don't move until you do.

Well, this is a result of having an afternoon to myself, reflecting on the above advice.
Enjoy.

Patiently Waiting (3 Words)

They say that good things come to all the patient ones…

Well I have been waiting

406 days, 2 hours and 53 minutes

To finally hear 3 words

I. Love. You.

A sentence so short but holds depth so infinite

A phrase so swift but when said cannot be missed

An expression so fleeting but when heard grips you to the very fibre of your being.

I... Love… Being

With you.

And not just as a personification of togetherness.

I mean… BE-ing…

Ourselves

In each other’s midst

And although distance, both near and far, defines the space between us

In inches or millimeters, feet or kilometers…it’s all the same…

It never could divide our personalities so intertwined.

Tightly woven without us even knowing

Or realizing it was even happening.

You sense the slightest inkling of uneasiness and negativity

And intercept its manifestation with just the simplest of greetings

“Hello”

Magandang umaga, hapon at gabi…

Mahal kita

No matter the language our words, minds or bodies emit

The freedom of being myself with you is a gift

Self-love radiating from within, I naturally gravitate to you…

As Mother Nature’s omnipotent rule

We thus only attract what is a reflection of you…

And I know that I still have a lot to learn

I still have cosmos to grow into

Former outer spaces to outgrow and let go

I know... that it is not easy to love

But also... that I am nothing in its absence.

They say that good things come to all the patient ones…

Therefore I’ll still be here waiting

Ready to say those same words back to you…

I. Love. You. Too…

-jb.jimenez