I'm Learning How
Jenna Johnson
I’m learning how to fall
In love with people all over again
Full hugs and day dreams
Of your boots off at the end of the day
The ones for hiking and house church
Taken off by our front door or the foot
Of our bed, and thank you
For getting my coffee and comedic relief
Conversations about your habits and
Routines, try showering backwards
Or putting your shirt on last instead of
First, so we’re not standing in our underwear.
I’m in love with the space
You take up, the way you thumb through
Pages and open books at the space
Where the bookmark is tucked
Between pages I get to remember
Warm feelings like only my feet tucked
Beneath a blanket, and taste
The richness of God’s character
In the way you tuck love letters
Between your promises and prayers.
The passion that drips from
Every pep talk you sit me down for,
Much like the golden hour floods
Every part of a person’s design.
Your belly laughs and your swing
Dancing over my clumsy feet
And knowing I’m better for knowing you
And today I can’t wait
To grow old with someone and let them
Call me honey every morning and separate
The newspaper just to share
I’ll read the joys and the sorrows
You’ll know I feel it all and hold my hand
On the down days and the in-betweens
We’ll sip our tea with honey
My coffee with no cream or sugar
Your buttoned up shirt kisses
My shoulders, my feet draped over
I’m learning how to fall
In love with people all over again.
Fall, 2016 Issue