Indescribable

I've been trying to write a poem about you, love
But I only get a few stanzas in
Before degenerating into clichés

If I had to read another poem about a boy
Whose eyes sparkle like the ocean
Whose smile gives a stomach butterflies
Who makes a girl high through and through
I would shake my head

If I wrote a poem like that
I think I would vomit

Yet I want to capture you in poetry
I want to immortalize you in words
So I am left to sit and think
And think
And think
About how to describe the indescribable

Perhaps it is not possible

Perhaps it is impossible to exactly describe
The way I feel when you look at me
As if I was this wonderful, radiant creature
Me, who spent her years seeing herself as the ugly friend
The third wheel
Suddenly the object of a look such as that

I can't exactly explain
That I love the sound of your heartbeat
Both because it races and pounds when we're together
And because it means you are holding me close enough to hear it

It's difficult for me to admit
That I had never felt so comfortable
So peaceful and at home
Than when I was falling asleep in your arms

And as I spiral ever downward
Down into clichéd sentiments
From a starry-eyed girl with rose-colored glasses
I will continue to try and think of ways to do you justice

When I find that way, my words will be so new and strong
That the whole world will finally get to see how indescribable you are