I Found the Love That I Was Looking For

And here is the life I've always longed for It spreads into my world like kudzu on a vacant street And is it all I dreamt it could be? And could it break if I move carelessly? I feel love even in the mundane moments They stretch across the day like summer storms Here one moment then gone the next But I know they'll return like I do at the end of long days I am not significant or meant for greater things I am enough, at least, so I am content So I'll rest my eyes for just a second And it will be more than enough for me It will be enough I could be enough Despite all my flaws and regrets I can begin to love myself I found the will to bury my pain in red clay And bloom from the dirt a joy I'll feel for decades This is it I lay my head to rest And look back fondly At all the memories made in time And forever onward the beat of my heart Carries on in words written in a not-so-distant past And in friends I made that carry the light As we find the paths that bring fulfilling lives My pain has sprouted abundance and I will harvest a deep sense of joy for a whole lifetime And it leaves no doubt that I found the love that I was looking for And by the time my story here on Earth has come to close I'll know in my heart that my love was a garden that will forever grow "Each and every piece of me has swelled and decayed like a wildflower Each word written was the scripture of a youngest son seeking truth and fulfillment And in the end I left behind a trail of shared progress The warmth I know enraptures me like a childhood blanket and I surrender to a stoic peace This has been my story and I cherish every moment And no word, thought, or feeling has been left unspoken So now, I know with every beat of my heart Until the end of time and beyond I found the love that I was looking for." I have not said enough that I am grateful you're alive I can't bear to know what without you is like I found the love that I was looking for I found it in you