Madonna

The first time I saw you, 

pink and screaming, 

I knew everything I'd ever 

known about love 

had been wrong. 

Every time I had 

told someone 

I loved them 

I had lied. 

I had meant it, 

sure, 

but it wasn't even in 

the same universe 

as the ache I felt 

when you grabbed 

my finger 

and settled, 

still wet, 

against me. 

The first time I saw you, 

silent and lily white, 

my heart stretched 

and filled 

until I thought my chest 

would break into a million pieces 

and become the 

constellations 

in every midnight sky. 

I had loved before, 

yes, 

but I hadn't known 

a heart was capable 

of loving 

so many things 

so fiercely.

The first time I saw you, 

wide eyed and open mouthed, 

I knew that 

I would pour myself out- 

give everything I had 

and keep on giving. 

I knew nothing 

about you- 

this tiny giant 

so new to the world, 

but I knew that 

everything I was 

would never be enough. 

You made me yearn 

to be more.