Because I love you...

Because I love you,

I'll take you to work, to school

Because I love you,

I'll watch your phone as it rings, checking the caller ID

Because I love you,

I'll push you to the ground

Because I love you,

I'll apologize,

Swearing it will never happen again

Because I love you,

I'll buy you nice things

Because I love you,

I'll never let you go

But

One day,

It's not because I love you

One day,

It's never been because I love you

One day,

You meet someone new,

Amazing

And yet

One day,

You flinch away,

Not ready for the love you have received in the past

One day,

You cry over receiving an ice cream cone,

You think about the beatings you've received as payment

One day,

You take your phone to the bathroom,

You think about the mistake all day

And one day,

They hug you,

They let you cry

They tell you it will all be alright

And somehow you know

It's because they love you