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I saw your face:
And I forgot how to look away…

I caught your smile:
And it tickled me endlessly…

I felt your presence:
And it drowned all my fears…

I fell in love with you:
Or so I thought…

I fell in love with an idea of you:
A caricature of you that I had created in my heart.
I spent hours, days, weeks, and more molding it.
It had all the beautiful features I wanted:
But it lacked the one thing that made you YOU!

Time after time,
You tried reaching out to me,
But I was consumed in my love of this idea of you.
I wasn’t ready to lose it for anything in the world…
It felt so good, too good I must say:
So I fought tirelessly to protect this wild idea of mine…

But the more I fought, the more I lost the battle…
The more I pushed, the more I drifted backwards…
The closer I think I got, the farther away I was…

What’s happening to me; I cried out!
I’m losing it…
I’m really losing it!

Yet, You’re still reaching out to me…

Your LOVE is chasing me down!
Lighting up every shadow,
Climbing every mountain,
Kicking down every wall,
Tearing down every lie…

Such reckless love!

So do I keep pushing in hopes that I’d find you through my worship of this idol?

Or do I give up this idol I’ve held up in my heart for so long and accept your LOVE?

#DiaryofAGodRomantic

(c) Bello Samuel