Because I Love You

Because I loved him

I thought I didn’t deserve

I thought I needed to work

I thought I needed to serve

But I didn’t know what love is

I thought it had a price

I thought it was a contract

A balancing of the scales

And what I had could never be enough

I thought I loved him

I didn’t know love at all

I thought he loved me

He wanted me

Called me his

He said he could give me everything

He hurt me

Made me feel small

Made me feel weak

Made me not me

But because you love me

I began to see

That my identity is not

In what I have to offer someone else

That you decided to love me

Knowing the highs and the lows

And you don’t ask for more than what I can give

And you love on me lavishly

And you cherish me as a part of you

And I cherish you as a part of me

Because you love me

I learned how to love

And I learned how to love

Because I love you