Daily writing prompt

How would you describe yourself to someone?

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It’s hard to describe myself
Quite honestly.
I can’t find a full sentence
Let me write down some words, possibly?

I’d have to start with ‘learning.’
I’m still learning how to love,
Learning how to move on.
I’m learning how to find the stars
Even when it seems the light is gone.

Then, I’d tell you that I am a dreamer.
Write me a note, say an inside joke
And I make more out of it than it will ever be.
Have you said ‘I love you’ in real life, real words?
No, but my mind says your actions did…but that’s just me.

Next, I would say I am full of longing.
What used to be, what could be, what I want us to be.
Are our memories something only I remember?
Or are they in the secret cache of your mind as well?
It’s hard knowing that I might be the only one
Who longs for what once was, what we could have had.

Another word to describe myself: loyal.
I’m loyal to you as well as the memories.
I won’t leave even after you’re long gone.
It’s not an accident but rather a habit.
An instinct, ingrained into my mind.
“Don’t leave them. They might need you again.”

And one final word: crazy.
If you see my wild, windblown self,
Then congratulations: I won’t forget you now.
Only the closest of friends, deepest of loves,
And farthest of dreams see my crazy.

There are more words to describe the soul I bear,
But these are what sum me up roughly.
Do you want to know my laugh? Want to hear my cry?
Do you long to see my heart or will you just say goodbye?
I’m opening up my soul to you and the things that you’ve said.
But it’s okay if you’re done, I’ve been here before.
Although I’m almost at the finish line, my soul is not yet dead.