To My Future Soulmate

I am ravenous for life, for adventure

When I feel joy, it exists in every ounce of my body

I will dance until I can’t breathe

Grin until my cheeks shake

And push myself to the point of tears

And when there are tears

It doesn’t mean I give up

It doesn’t mean I can’t handle it

It doesn’t mean I need to be helped or fixed or saved

It just means I am alive

The passion that lights my eyes

Can also fill them with melancholy

The intensity that drives me further

Can also leave me utterly lost

The heart that brings my dreams to life

Can also hold the walls of pain

When I feel, I feel all of it, fully

When I give, I give all of it, fully

When I love, I love all of it, fully

If you choose me, you must choose all of it, fully

[During my last heartbreak, my dad told me the Marilyn Monroe quote: "‘But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” This poem is inspired by that quote & is a letter to my future lover.]