Fighting for Your Heart

In honor of National Poetry Month, April 2019

I entered this fight with your heart as the prize

Accompanied by your smile and beautiful brown eyes

For your affection and passion, I would gladly fight this war

So I suited up for battle and ran out the front door

Bullets were flying, and sometimes I got hit

But you would revive me with your first aid kit

It was filled with reassurance, kisses, and hugs

When I was hurt real bad, you stitch me up with love

Being compared to rivals and partners of the past,

was a huge obstacle I had to surpass

One of them, in your eyes, could do no wrong

I had to prove myself worthy, or I would be gone

In this fight, I had victories, some days, I got battered

Because I was not handed the playbook on a platter

Face-to-face I had to figure it all out

Trying to earn your respect and remove your doubts

No free pass for me to get to your heart

I had to fight uphill right from the start

Excited and anxious every step of the way

Because your heart was my goal to reach one-day

Written By Rodney L. Johnson