for him - 1/11/24
[for him] The fact that prayers do get answered will always remain touched, engrained in my mind. Who knew my life would lead up to this moment. To you. To your acceptance of me, your eyes, your skin, your touch, your tolerance, your smile, your honesty, your love. You as a whole, and my halves slowly melting into you. I could start with when you first showed up to the base, when I was in Spain thinking about you; talking to you every single night. I could start with when your dad announced that you, his son, finally arrived to America and an eruption of applause sounded in the dining room. The beginning I saw you every now and then playing ping-pong with [blank], but I didn't know anything about you. I just knew that you looked cool (haha) and even though you weren't around as much, you didn't seem like the type to want to be by himself 24/7. Then I learned your name, watched your eyes--and the figuring out began. I remember one of the first nights we talked in the ha...
