Rise to Meet Me

Don’t reach to claim me.
Rise to meet me.

I was never waiting to be found,
never a half in search of whole.
I built a home beneath my skin,
I learned the language of my soul.

Now you’re standing at the edge,
close enough to feel the fire.
But wanting me is not the same
as being worthy of desire.

Don’t ask me to dim my light
so yours can burn brighter.
Don’t call it love if I must leave
myself outside the door.

I belong to me—
my body, my silence, my gravity.
I can come close, I can let you in,
without surrendering everything.

I belong to me.
If I choose you, you’ll know what it means.
Don’t try to conquer what was born free.
Rise to meet me.

Rise…
Rise to meet me.
Eye to eye—
where love should be.

You say you love the way I fly—
will you love my wings beside you?
Can you see the mind behind my eyes,
the life I carry inside me?

Don’t worship me and don’t contain me.
I need no pedestal or cage.
Bring me truth without possession.
Bring me strength without control.

I will not become smaller
to make your shadow tall.
If you want the whole woman,
come to me with all you are.

I belong to me—
my body, my silence, my gravity.
I can come close, I can let you in,
without surrendering everything.

I belong to me.
If I choose you, you’ll know what it means.
Don’t try to conquer what was born free.
Rise to meet me.

Come close without a chain.
Touch me without a claim.
Know my name before you name me yours.

Stand steady in my weather.
Let freedom bring us together.
Then I may cross the distance on my own.

No victory.
No defeat.
Just two hearts
that choose to meet.

I belong to me—
and that is why my love is given freely.
I can be almost yours tonight
and still wake up inside my life.

I belong to me.
If I choose you, you’ll know what it means.
Be strong enough to honor what you see.
Rise to meet me.

Almost yours,
always mine.
If I choose you,
meet me eye to eye.

Rise…
Rise to meet me.