To Someone Who Claims My Heart

On the backdrop of the glass
I see your reflection.

It changes thirteen times
For thirteen psychotic breaks
Like facets of a diamond.

A ring lost forever more,
I… afraid I married a dark man
Of wicked dreams
Who loved me deeply
And hated me at times more.

Emerging from the darkness
Twelve other enticing men
My head turns
And you, but not you, from another parallel dimension
Takes over
Again and again.

Summer, spring, fall, winter
All four seasons
And when the wind blows on a normal day
Experience says — 
You are solid, present, compassionate, a Christian
And my “always” husband
Who is almost always there.

The deep tug on my mind
To perceive you in all your many aspects
Breaks from time to time
Like shattered glass 
For a broken mind
And you are all these things — 
Man to man
You and your parallel world selves.

But there is one by my side
Who claims my heart
Who is someone I plan to eternally know
From sweet nothings in my ear
When first dating
To living across the United States
To vows upheld
Onto that heavenly place we long to know.

To be someone you must know someone
And I know you.
You have the face of your grandfather
The eyes of your father
And the heart of your mother
You are unchanging, yet changing enough
Someone my heart beats for
Upon a smile from you.