Front Porch Of Forever Poem by Cj Heck

Only in dreams
where I feel safe and warm and free
do I long for the one
who will complete me.
I know he’s there, I feel him.
All the way down
to my open heart
and waiting soul,
I feel him.

He is the one who is.
He is the one
who could love me,
knowing my weaknesses,
not pointing them out
to chide me because of them.
He is the one
who could love me
in spite of them.
He would be my strength
as I would also be his.
He would make me whole.

He is the one who is,
the one who would
join his heart with mine,
not make me hide in his shadow
or tell me who I should be.
He would never want me to lose
the person I already am.
He would steady me
when I stumble on life‘s road.
and give me his hand
not his disdain
for not seeing the bumps in the road.

If you are the one,
you have the ability to forgive,
but more important,
you own the ability to forget.
You'll freely offer trust
because we’ve both known vulnerability
and we each are worthy of trust.

If I ever awaken to find you there,
take my hand. Walk with me
into tomorrow, our youthful yesterdays
the stepping stones to carry us
through months into years
to sit side by side, hand in hand,
in our chairs on the front porch of forever.
I know you’re there. I feel you,
… but only in my dreams.