loving by example

i love him. he’s the best version of me. 

when i look at him playing the piano-

his fingers dancing along the keys so gracefully-

it reminds me of the graceful version of me  

i could never be. 

you might think it saddens me to see in him 

what i so desperately 

wish to see in myself. 

i thought so too but turns out he is a

living, breathing 

 template  

i can refer to. 

learn from. 

be with. 

love. 

how lovely to see the best version of yourself and hold hands  

with it. 

to feel the warmth, the solid planes, the light. 

it is real. it is possible. 

he is it. 

you can be it too.