Do you lay awake
In the dead of night,
Watching me
While I snore lightly besides you
And wonder why?
Why it is I am here?
Why it is my soul seems so content?
Why it is I love you?
Do you wonder,
When you wake up in the morning
Will I be here,
Right next to you, still devoted?
Do these thoughts cause you sleepless nights?
If they do,
Why?
I know your heart has been miss used,
It has been betrayed,
It has been through countless battles,
But our love is not a battlefield,
There are no minefields
Waiting silently
Beneath our earth
Waiting for one of us
To obliterate our journey as a unit.
While I sleep
My hand lay open
And your hand holds mine
Comforting you in your time of contemplation,
This is me reassuring you through the cosmos
Of my dreamland,
I am yours,
Mind, body and soul,
Because I can give you
A list as long as the Nile
Of reasons why
I am here,
I can recite every great sonnet,
Every beautiful love poem
By every great poet
To remind you of my love.
I can shout
From the top of the Eiffel tower
Declaring my feelings for your soul
To the world,
To the universe
And to the beyond
With every breath in my lungs
As a profession of my devotion
But you should know
From the smaller gestures
Like the way I hold your hand,
I want you to feel it.
In the way I look at you
I want you to soak up the admiration,
Because through my eyes
You are the budding rose
Magnificent in every way,
Ever lasting, always changing
And that is why I love you,
Trust and believe that.
I love you
Take a moment,
Absorb that,
I love you
And regardless of where we will end up
My love for you is genuine
So with the new dawn
Let us walk this journey together…
IMAGINE BY MATTHEW MYLES 