To You Who Will Love Me Forever

To the man who will love me always…

I see shadows quite often out of the corner of my eye.

I jump, am scared, get startled by these shadows I won’t deny.

I see half-truths and hidden secrets in the lengthy silences

I worry, I fret, get threatened by ghost alliances

With other women and things you might need  more than me…

After, that is, God and precious family.

Despite all this and the many words unspoken

After mistrust is washed away and doubts are broken,

                if you promise to love me. Say, with all your heart.

I. Will. Trust. You.

if you say that you love me

and I’m lucky to believe it

I’ll believe that you do love me

and say that I receive it.