Never Let Go

I didn’t know. 

I never knew how people could just...cry

How they could feel actual joy 

Or get excited about small things

Things that didn’t have meaning 

To life’s grand plan. 

I would observe them 

Like they were under my microscope

Always studying,

Trying to figure out how I could feel 

How I could also feel joy 

And even cry 

(Although I was loathe to admit it)

My favorite subjects were siblings

How they could fight so much

But when it came down to it

They would do anything to help each other. 

That kind of love 

Was something I never knew of. 

It wasn’t. 

I think I know now. 

I think I see through your eyes

Instead of just observing

You give and give and give

So much of yourself to me  

And I love you so much 

That I want to give you everything in return. 

I know now what I didn’t know then 

I understand it 

I feel it in my core

My entire being

And I promise you that

I will never let you go