The One

I’ve never met “the one.” I’ve had many “ones.”
Lived with some.
Engaged a couple.
Even married one.

But if I’ve learned one thing
it is that you can change who will be your “one,”
but you cannot ever change,
the one who is seeking.

One can change one’s location.
One can alter one’s desires, approach, and expectations,
but one cannot escape oneself.
One will always see only one reflection in the mirror.

Only one gaze will ever meet one there.

Sad and lonely.
Uncertain.
Cold, and unflinching.
Complacent.
Contented.
Cautiously positive.
Confident, vibrant and aware.

Or, at once
all and more.

But whatever that gaze says,

It must say one thing for sure,

“I am who you are.
Accept me.
Embrace me.
Love me.
There is no other
one like you.”