"I Choose"

Today I choose.

I choose to love you. Just the way you are.

Because you love me. Just the way I am.

I choose to leave the baggage, as old and ugly and heavy as it is. . .

At the front door.

No, on the front lawn.

No, in the middle of the street, where some car,

No, some Mack truck can hit it and crush it

And drag it a few miles down the road

Where I won’t be drawn to it, to the very comfort of it,

Even though the burden of carrying it,

Makes my back ache, my shoulders sag,

Makes my journey slow.

No, I choose to love you. As you are.

With all your flaws, the good, the bad,

The happy, the sad.

I'm all in. I'm fully vested.

For I choose you.


It is you I choose.





From September 10, 2010 Women of Color Workshop. Writing prompt: Write for 10 minutes on the prompt "I choose"