Wide-Eyed Open

I would have missed this

You, baby bird

with your half-broken wing

you, with your tiny freckles

and eyes that plead

please, please love me

just the way I am

I would have missed this

if I had held back the gush

of love

in that one-of-a-kind moment

the one that will never 

be again

wispy angel clouds

hand reaching for mine

breath full of new

I would have missed you

if I'd been bound 

by what was "appropriate" 

by whether they'd approve

by should or shouldn't haves

what ifs or hows

if I had been measuring

or grasping, wishing

I had

or hadn't

If I had been thinking

this moment needed

to be more

or less

I would have missed this

but I didn't, thank God

instead I was

right Here

wide-eyed open

heartfirst diving

into this sparkling 

never ending

sea of

You