Lauren Haug Fisher

A Poem by Lauren Fisher

Written January 8, 2024

Unreachable.

The key to their heart

is an enigma

beyond your comprehension.

Though you try to understand

and they’ll let you flounder about,

because they want love too,

can you truly love them well and right?

Can you love them in the ways

that launches them to bask in their dreams?

Or will you love them only to hold them back?

They fear domestic life.

They fear daring to love

only to be pressured

to stay back, stay here,

stay with you.

Will you hug them goodbye

and say, “until I see you next.”

When they fly off

Do you know they are creating

the world they’re meant to know?

Will you wave?

Will you both cry?

Yet know,

somehow,

it will be okay.

They’re embracing wild realities

and whenever they come home,

you’ll be there

to welcome

with a hug

and a cup of tea.

“Thank you,” they’ll say.

“Thank you for loving me,

for letting me go,

and embracing me

each time I come back.”

That’s they kind of the love they need.

Are you able to match that fire?

It’s a wild type,

destinies born,

prophesying wonders

to challenge current reality.

It’s an opportunity to realize

infinite lives

we couldn’t give ourselves permission

to know before.

“I love you.”

This love is timeless,

This love is placeless.

Can you love them like that?