Schemes and Dreams

So many nights I would dream,

so many nights I would scheme,

only to try to believe

that I would know you

and free that part of me imprisoned,

apart from you.

Into the Universe I would send my 

prayers and every day I would wait

for them to come to me;

then one day, the scheme stopped 

being a dream and I found you

and like a pebble into a lake, 

the ripples carried outward,

brought me to your shores.

Like a shipwrecked sailor, 

I kissed your beach, the schemes 

and dreams long gone for the reality

of you loving me. 

You, at my core, my home port. 

My lee in the storms, 

the shelter in my heart. 

There is a light that shines 

around me that is your love.