My First Poem Since Coming Back To Writing!

There You Were
By: Richard Bennett
Date: March 29th, 2019, at work on press 5, in between sets of Handles.

There you were.
The perfect definition of pure and natural beauty.
Your skin glowing bright as the sunshine itself and your eyes twinkling like stars and staring not at me, not through me but down deep into the core of my soul.
Piercing my very being and setting it a blaze with desire.

There you were.
Everything a man could ever dream of wanting and needing.
That and so much more.
A devilish angel that the heavens opened wide for and sent down to sit in this very spot at this very time to steal away my heart and quake the world around me.

There you were.
An everlasting vision of what true womanhood should be.
A protector, a care giver, a lover and mother.
Independent and strong, hardworking and intelligent, beautiful and irresistible from outside to inside and every spot thereof.

There you were.
Sending the universe around me into a perpetual spin moving so fast and intense that time broke the laws of nature and just stood still.
A moment, an experience unlike no other.
Seared into my brain for the rest of eternity.
All to ensure that I would never forget the moment you burst into my life and sent it hurling in the right direction when no others could change its course.

There you were.
Forcing my soul, brain and heart to question everything they ever thought or learned about love at first sight.
Sending them on a existential journey that would leave them changed forever more.
Branding your mark onto each of them.
Creating a spot in each that you would forever be and that nothing could change.

There you were.
My everything.
My existence, my breath, my heart beat, my one true and only love, my entire reason to wake up in the morning.
Leaving me breathless, shaken, forever changed.
Stealing my heart with just one look and forever searing yourself into my life.
The love of my life, everything my desire had ever burned for and more.
An angel sent down that was now part of me and forever would be.
Lighting that fire of manhood.
Protector, supporter, lover, care giver.
Fighting from that moment on to ensure that nothing in the known universe would ever take you away from me again.

THERE YOU WERE!!
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P.S. This is the first writing that I have done in the last seven years or maybe even more. If you have found it and read it, please take the time to message me and give me your opinion and feedback on it. I used to write a lot when I was younger but gave it up when I started going through a really dark time in my life. So, I am still very much a beginner and would love any feedback and critique that you may provide. Writing is a passion of mine and as I progress, I look forward to sharing that journey with each of you. I look forward to hearing from you. All questions, feedback, critique, support and collaborations will be considered if you message me privately. The only question I will not answer is whom this is about. Please, do respect that. Thank you!