In honor of our wedding day, I wanted to share the first poem I ever wrote for Anthony. I remember asking him to read something I wrote and at the end he said “wow, who’s that about?” I was very coy about it and eventually managed to get out “well it’s about you.” He was so flattered and taken aback because I don’t think anyone had done something like that before for him. He asked if I could print it out for him with a picture of us next to it so he could keep it in the semi truck. It stayed taped to his sun visor until he eventually came to live with me. I don’t think I’ve ever titled it because well, I’m not good with that part. But without further ado, my first poem to Anthony.

I’ll meet you there. Half way between reality and fantasy. That place where you made my body sing to yours. That gap of time where it seemed as if the only thing that matter was our bodies melted and our souls intertwined resulting in nebulous cluster of stars. The outline of our souls created a road map to an alter we have built to each other. A map I will blindly follow because the path is already carved out in my heart.