Just in Case You Come Looking

“I will put this here,

Where only those who come looking will find it.

Etched away in plain sight,

Exposed but in a safe place.

I will leave this here.

Just in case you come looking.”

xoxo

Chido Dziva Chikwari

I always put things that I think are important in a “safe place” for when I need them. Unfortunately, a lot of the time I forget where that safe place is and when the need arises I search and search and search in morbid frustration. I curse myself for being so foolish, for outsmarting my own self. It happens far too many times and I don’t know what to do about it.

Anyway, this post is not about my Barclays Visa card or my “special occasions only” pen. This post is about my heart. This post is about how I feel that in some ways I have treated my heart like that and tucked it away somewhere “safe”. I have tried to safeguard it but in such a way that when the time comes…when He comes, he will find it.

This piece was inspired by two things, a quote I read and couldn’t get over and a special man I met who I hope will read this one day and know that our chance or not so chance encounter inspired me to write! The quote reads:

“Never let anyone awaken your heart before they have shown their willingness to stay and let love grow, the last thing your heart needs is another tombstone.”

A. N. Moore

Keep Shining!