Everything You Are

You're the book I opened and couldn't set down, I had to have you there and then.
You're the tasty morsel that made me finish the cake, alone in the kitchen without a fork.
You're the cool glass of water of a hot summer's day, I drank you all in one big gulp.
You're the drop of rain that fell on my face and kept me dancing in the storm.
You're the one I'll never get over, and, darling, I hope I'll never have to try.
You're the one I've been waiting for my whole life. The wait was worth it, it was.

I Love You

I don't know if I'll ever be able to express how much I truly love you. I only hope that I'll have the rest of my life to try.

Why I Stopped Running

I realized why I started running, and why, when I got home, I stopped. I started running the day I broke up with you. Not even an hour after we spoke, my feet were hitting the treadmill, and the sweat poured down my face so there wasn't anything left for the tears to form. I didn't run munch when we got back together, and then, for some reason, I started running again when I saw you. I don't know why, but I poured myself into running instead of into our relationship. I decided to focus on me being happy instead of us being happy, and then I neglected you. I forgot that I needed to work on us in order to have an us. And I kept running because it made me happy; it made me skinny; it was something easy that I could control. And then running stopped making me happy, and I felt everything. The pain from when you broke up with me, the loneliness surrounding me, and the demons I'd been fighting to ignore all that time. Then I found help and happiness and hope without running and without you, and I realized I could be happy with running and with you.

Licking Flames

It was like licking flames, darling. The heat in my mouth, the rush of adrenaline. You're name on my lips set a fire that never died. Every time I thought of you I felt the burning in my mouth, along my gums, between my teeth, slowing moving to the back of my throat. And each time I thought of you, the fire burned a little further, a little deeper, until it was everywhere inside me. The flames consumed me, and I was yours, ready to do anything to spend a moment in your arms. I felt the heat rush to my cheeks whenever your name rushed through my mind. I saw the burns on my body where you had graced me with your fingertips. Darling, I fell in love with the flames and that burning sensation running through me. I was addicted to the heat, and all I wanted was to keep licking the flames.

That Day You Left Me (I Let You Leave)

I'll never forget that day - I let you slip away. Off the bed, out the door, into the car to that other home. She was waiting with open arms, and you smiled a smile so warm. A smile I hadn't seen in such a long while. I've thought about you everyday since that last day when I let you leave. I've thought about everything we could've been, and everything we still can be. But you're still smiling in her warm embrace. I know that you and I will never be the same as we once were, the way we were before she came into your life and opened her doors.

Thoughts

I fell asleep last night thinking I could marry you tomorrow. I woke up feeling the same way. Then you surprised me, and I realized I know I can marry you tomorrow. I'm ready when you are, love.

I love you

I know I may not always say it, and I know my actions don't always reflect it, but I am madly and deeply in love with everything about you.