Nature Boy
The greatest thing you'll ever do is just to love and be loved in return.
nothing
in this world is quite as powerful
as a woman knowing her own worth.
it only took one brave soul
to show me what i truly deserve in a love.
the standard is set from here on out.
a standard of the love i will demand from others
and a love i demand from myself.
self-love is a dangerous thing.
dangerous to all the men
who come after you.
dangerous to all the men who think they
are worthy of my love.
dangerous to the men who ask my number
before they even ask my name.
now, through you,
i know what real love looks like.
i know what it is to be pursued in the most
honest
respectful
thrilling
way
possible.
i know what it looks like when i can truly be
myself.
i am allowed to
steal the blankets,
tell you i hate broccoli,
accidentally wake you up in the middle of the night.
my cold feet brushed up against you.
you get up, half asleep, and put a space heater next to my side of the bed.
because you:
kissed me in the kitchen while you made us breakfast,
woke me from my dreams, pulling me in closer at 3:00 AM.
(it’s okay, the reality of you was even sweeter than the dreams),
laughed every time you kissed me, saying,
“i cant believe how simple this is,”
loved me without any preconceived notion of who i should be,
you’ve ruined me for anyone else.
it is dangerous
to know what i need in a man.
dangerous because you have no chance
if you are not
vibrant
honest
embracing
feeling
pondering.
if you are anything less than what i now know
i deserve.
a warrior
a dancer
a friend
a lover
who is interested in learning more than he is winning.
you’ve ruined me for everyone else
because you were everything.
but because of you
i know now that i can be someone’s everything too.
i am enough.
About the Creator
Claire Marie Hegstrom
student of jazz. lover. friend. dog mom. yogi. colorado transplant.
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