Hours Upon Hours

You are welcome for the feeling of touch upon your skin

Hands caressing your brow, lips across your cheek

You are welcome for opening your heart and broadening your mind

Seeing others in a whole new light, without judgment and hate

You are welcome for the space to be who you are

Have your own preferences, say, do and wear what you want

You are welcome for the encouragement to make new friends

To enrich your life with the camaraderie of men

 

You are welcome for the silence you didn’t have to fill

Because all that you are was always enough

You are welcome for being taught how to kiss

Softly, slowly, for hours upon hours

You are welcome for the trust emplaced in your care

The belief that you were honorable, loyal and good

You are welcome for the forgiveness that was shown to you

For breaking the heart of a girl who was true

 

You are welcome for the laughter, the friendship, the advice

The faith and encouragement for your talents and gifts

You are welcome for the patience for you to mature

Grow, change and become the man you always wanted to be

You are welcome for the tenderness tendered upon you

Meant to heal the places you’d hidden away

You are welcome for the life I sacrificed for you

The goals and dreams I’ll never get to pursue

 

You are welcome for a love that brought you back to life

For which the loss of my soul was the ultimate price