The risk I take

diving in the deep end..

I swore I wouldn’t chase,
but here I am, barefoot in the dark,
searching for a shadow I’ve never touched.

You are a rumor I’ve built into a cathedral.
a stranger I’ve dressed in my favorite dreams.
Too soon, too much—
yet the tide keeps dragging me deeper.

I tell myself: don’t fall.
But I’m already holding my breath,
waiting for your hand on my door,
for a silence that feels like confession.

What a ridiculous gamble
to wager my quiet heart
on a face I’ve only traced in imagination.
Still, isn’t drowning more alive than standing safe on shore?

Call me foolish, call me reckless
but I’ll bend until I break,
let the water close over my head.
You, a risk I’ll cradle like a secret,
my favorite mistake
waiting to happen.