Love Poem: Safe Haven
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Written by: Chelsea Stufleben

Safe Haven

A feeling so surreal- 
I've never felt this way before. 
I swore I knew what love was-
but this with you is so much more. 

The warmth it washes over me- 
cleanses, my soul down to it's core.

For reasons unbeknownst to me-
feel that I know you from before.

A longing which has drawn me here-
with an aura so familiar. 

Despite life's grief and heartache- 
I am most grateful to be here.

See I do not believe-
we're simply, two halves, to a whole. 

But two flames glowing brighter-
as fate, intertwines our souls 

A push a pull, a give a take- 
like two ends of a spectrum.

Yet still we find safe haven- 
in eachother; feel so welcomed.

I know there's so much more ahead-
as we learn to take steps forward. 

Just Know I crave to understand-
your mind and how it's coded. 

The truth and the reality- 
is that neither can explain it.

Still one way or another-
both our paths were integrated.

Just like baby birds-
as they prepare for their first leap.

With no reason, or no rhyme-
hold faith from high atop the trees. 

And even without proof- 
of if they'll live or or die.

 Instinctively still throw themselves- 
into the open skies.

Young birds they may not know much- 
still know that they must try. 

Because despite the unknown-
they know that they were born to fly.