I wasn’t used to this
Long warm embraces
and deep wild eye stares
The kind that lets you know
there is so much more in store for you
It’s hard to have doubt
To be afraid
When your arms are just wide enough
To cover me, take me away
It takes a lot to reverse the doubt I have in men
You always prove me wrong
time and time again
You were the first one to not make any sense
The only one who is not like the rest

Illustration by: Fatima Seehar
Copyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez