I knew it then

By Jonathan Gonzalez | 10/30/2017

I knew it then, all that we were capable of.
Holding a love gently in our hearts,
I knew it when less was said and more was done.

A home to come home to,
a brimming smile on a bright-eyed boy,
some strings of lights, a casual conversation.
This, I knew, would always come.

I think back to the moves.
A thousand miles for a thousand days of what would become our sweetest era.
That was our time.

But now, too often, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude.
And I don’t know who to thank
for the calming peace that flows through me.
And then I realize, I must thank you.

If I never live another day,
it’ll have never been about the joyous job or humble home.
For you are my life’s purpose,
your love my grandest gift,
our love my greatest honor,
and all who come with it.

Never a doubt

By Jonathan Gonzalez | 10/14/2017

A heart this full never yearns for something new,
only more of what it already has.
But a heart this full knows no greed,
it knows to love all it has.

Take it from a man who pleads for peace,
but a man who can find himself lost on chaotic roads.
I fought my way through enough dark corners to know illumination is my destined path.

I smile with lips, but my mindset is ethereal,
trapped by the sight of your glimmering eyelashes looking up at me.

Your cheery grin is reflected in your bright eyes.
My heart never looks for a way out.

Instead, it rests knowing all that I possess.
And for these mere moments, I want nothing more,
I need nothing more than what I see.
For I am a witness to my own dreams,
coming true right in front of me.