Because I Love You

Because I love you I’m going to put you above myself.

Because I love you I’m not going to let you feel alone.

Because I love you I will fight for us.

Because I love you I won’t let conditions or reasons be the basis of that love.

Because I love you I won’t hurt you…not like that...not ever.

I won’t let the night end with anger or frustration.

I won’t wait for you to say I’m sorry…I’ll say it first.

I won’t pretend I’m okay, I’ll tell you the truth.
I won’t keep any part of me from you.

I won’t let brokenness tear us apart.

I will not only tell you “I love you,” I’ll prove it.

I will apologize and admit when I am wrong, and I will mean it.

I will tell you how I really feel, and if we disagree, I will still love you.

I will not let a situation separate my love from you.

I will fight for us every day.

Because love is not based on how happy you make me at every moment.

Love has never been just a feeling.
Love is a choice.

Love has always been a choice.
Love is a choice proved by a hundred seen and unseen actions every day.

Love is when I fold your clothes and put them away for you.

Love is when you hold the door open for me.

Love is when I make you your favorite food…just because.

Love is when you hold me tighter during the nights when fear tries to take a stronger hold of me.

Love is when you and me became us.

Because we said we would.

Because we meant it.

And because we decide to mean it every day.

Not just yesterday, not just tomorrow, but forever…

Until you or I sets flowers on the other’s grave.

Love is you and me, and that is all.