A Poem For You - Ashley Gamache

A Poem For You

By Ashley Gamache

They say you have to love yourself before You can love someone else.

I say, thats complete bullsitting on the realization that loving you made me forget just how much I couldn’t stand my own company. My own company that sells self doubt, and food for thought. Thoughts of deprecation and loathing loading my brain but You. You washed it away when you ran your hands through my hair, like a rake clearing a lawn of litter and dead broken leaves. You washed it away like the makeup on my face you wiped clean when I was too tired to take care of it myself. You washed it away like the sea caresses the shorewhisking away the sand, and replacing it with delicate shells I collect. Carefully carrying them into the safety of my pockets. Where I’ll forget about them until I find the hidden treasures that bring a smile to my face. When ‘X’ marks the spot the spot on my face where you kissed my tears away after that fight with my mom. The spot on my face you told me you loved after I had spent the last hour having a staring contest with it in the mirror. The spot on my neck that still smells like you when I stole your cologne. All of the spots you leave when your touches burn into my skin, as the sun kisses down on the earthjust like your smile warms my life. My life that wouldn’t be the same without you, you who carries the warmth of the sun, but the beauty of the stars in the sky, and who I can trust like the moon. You who made me who I am today. You could break every bone in my body, and my teeth would still smile at you. You could destroy the earth and I’d still make sure to stop its rotation if you got too dizzy. I know I’m dizzy when I try to watch you with my eyes, but keep you in my mind. I’ll never lose you in my head. 561