From a distance, I’ve loved you.
And though I’ve tried to be brave,
to appear much stronger than I am,
your appeal carries quite the weight.

I am drawn to you
the way an owl is to a tree,
the way night clings on the cusp of loneliness
and while I tell myself, you are just a man--
your ever-presence
I cannot shake.

Wisdom arises
from the words you speak.
And I, unknowingly,
cannot help but fall
for the man
you are.