#BecauseILoveYou

I saw love when I looked into my mother's eyes when I graduated middle school. 

I saw love when my dad picked me up from my first day of 1st grade. 

I see love everyday when I come home to my sister,

Hugging me and telling me she loves me. 

And I saw love the night my grandfather died 

And the last thing he said to me was, "Grandpa loves you." 

Love is not just a thing you say,

It's something that wakes you up in the middle of the night, 

Because your heart is as full as Niagara Falls. 

It fills up but there is a hole at the bottom, 

Leaving room for more love and warmth. 

Love is when my mom laughs at a joke, 

And I can hear the pure joy,

Dancing from her mouth. 

Love is when my first love told me that I looked lovely on Homecoming, 

And how my heart could be the first on Mars,

It jumped that high. 

When I was fifteen, 

I found myself in a teen pyschiatric hospital. 

I had lost my way from love. 

And when my parents picked me up,

And I saw my texts I had missed, 

"I love you because.." reared it's face at me. 

Reasons and reasons of why I needed to be here

Flooded my phone. 

And that's when I found love again. 

"Because I love you."

Is what my parents said.

"Because I love you." 

Is what I said to myself. 

Love is happy. 

And I am happy.

I am love.