In the midst of all I wanted
In the midst of all I thought I need
I looked at you for guidance
I looked for your qualities that complimented me
I looked at your sense of style that I loved
I looked at the wave in your hair
I looked at those big beautiful eyes
Oh how I loved when you stared
And from the initial look I took
I decided to dive in
Into pieces of you that I didn’t know
That I knew my eyes wouldn’t tell
I found out about your ambitions in life
I found out about what you had
I found out about your occupation
I found out about your mom and your dad
I thought that you were perfect
I thought that you could be for me
But one day you lost all of that
Then my love for you I thought I couldn’t see
Stripped away were the essentials
Stripped away was what I loved
Your thrill for life gone in a heartbeat
While you lay in a cold hospital room
It took you and I months and months to recover
Each day seems to span one life
At times I wondered if I truly loved you
At times I wondered if my emotions were wrong or right
Progress made daily
You recover slowly as I sat by your side
For while you were deprived of some functions
I realize the essence of you still resides
You are left with your mind
That always kept me on my feet
You are left with your heart
Which you decided to give to me
You are left with your spirit
That flies through life so freely
You are left with your kindness
Which you showed to all the people that we meet
You are left with your generosity
And you still tell me I’m your greatest friend
You return to the man I knew
You still continue to love me
You still have those big beautiful eyes
You still possess those qualities I could not see
I was in love with the one I could see physically
Oh how ashamed am I
I am embarrassed by my ways
And I realized this when you finally opened your eyes
If everything was taken
And we had nothing left
You’d be left with your mind, heart, spirit, & kindness.
And I think those are the things I like about you best
Months of praying for you
Months of seeing what I couldn’t see with my eyes
Today I love you more than ever
Because I can finally see love while being blind
“Learn to love others by not what you see, but by what is in their hearts. Look at qualities which cannot go away. Look for the aspects of one that cannot be taken away….” –Monica Renata