Because This Love

Thu, 09/28/2017 - 15:18 -- agowens

Sitting here beside you,

I feel safe and warm.

Though we are not talking,

I hear your every word.

I know you would make time,

To truly hear my heart,

Should I have anything to say.

 

We had a fight last week.

We both said terrible things.

But since we have made up

With honest words,

Pulling out our hearts,

And leaving them on the table,

Both so vulnerable

But both so trusting of the other,

That we see it as a heart,

And not some strings to pull.

We have shared so much between us,

And though this may seem hard,

There's too much more ahead,

To keep this in my chest.

 

We have a healthy relationship,

That is between you and I,

Because we get along so wll,

Each and every day.

That doesn't mean we never fight,

Or get on each other's nerves.

That doesn't meann we say the right thing,

Or always agree about everything.

It means we've seen each other's hearts,

In good, but especially in bad.

Through the toughest waters,

And deepest of seas,

You have always been there for me,

Fighting to save my anchor.

I can trust to hand you my heart,

And leave it with you there.

And I know you trust me too,

The way you talk to me each night,

That even when we are apart,

I know you think of me,

The way I think of you.

 

I have turned myself inside out,

And when you had to choose,

You still came running after me

When I had left me in the dust.

Through all the thick and thin,

In every situation where I ran,

You held my hand,

And kept me standing strong.

 

I know that I am rambing now,

And these metaphors are getting old,

But through all this I want to say,

How lucky I think I am,

That you are here

And honest

And safe,

That you have offered up your heart.

Thank you for loving me,

The way I've never loved myself.

Through all my life

I've never seen,

What you see in me.

But when I apologize,

I can see your love for me.

The way you smile and say you know,

That you would never leave,

Because you say you're overflowing,

With a love that never cedes.

 

When you always finish my sentences,

And laugh at all my jokes,

And I know those jokes aren't always good,

But you smile at me still.

You believe in my very best,

Even when I can't.

You know myself better than me.

But I'm the same way.

I know your dreams and fears and cares,

For you've shared them with me each day.

It's because we are so vulnerable,

That we were meant to be.

When I can treat you as myself,

Or better yet as better,

That's when I see Heaven:

In your eyes and in your smile.

I know that your heart walks on gold,

And your soul sees colors I can't.

 

My dad had always told me,

That I would find the one;

That one day I would fall in love,

Head over heels one day.

I never understood,

How I could trust so completely.

How could I never hold anything back?

My heart is too fragile, you see.

 

But now I know you

And all that you are,

And I wish my dad could see,

How head over heels I am for you;

How in love I am today.

I know he would be proud

Of you,

And who you are today.

I know he would be happy to see,

How much you share with me.

I know that this is what he meant,

When he said I would find true love.

Because this love is good and true,

Because this love will last.

Because this love is vulnerable,

But also keeps me safe.

Because this love is beatiful,

And pure and sweet and deep.

Because this love is honest,

Because this love is you.

I've known this love is healthy,

Ever since the day I met you.

     

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
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Comments

aphiwe

life is full of pain,

a sore,dry,painful drought

with no signs of clouds 

nor a promising rain.

that mini heart attack took place

oh! i just did it again.

 

woke up in the morning

with one hell of a headache,

and on her arm she had one hell

of a bandage.

Asked her baby did i do this?

no answer,but psychologically 

she just proved it.

 

baby every time we figh,

you run away,and come back

later on to treat me like a slave.

you should be afraid of your

destiny coz hell one blazing flame

 

i see her face bruised up,hurting in pain.

i see my self boozed up,hurting in shame.

i'm failing to play the role in her life as a man

i'm never gonna do it again,i promise to change.

 

you never know one day i'll have a daughter man

and i'll tell her baby be wise and find a better man

coz daddy failed, to mummy always caused pain

one slap should be enough for you to stay away

coz thats an animal and not man,you deserve a loving 

and supportive husband and not some iron man.(SlaveDaPoet) POETRY IS A CALLING, I HAVE ANSWERED.

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