Because I love you...

        

When anxiety tears me from limb to limb

I will let you in and hold me together stitch by stitch.

 

When the world is too loud and tells you that you are too small

I will whisper to you about how the the world will never be big enough for us.

 

When the days roll in and the waves of self doubt pull me into the current

I will let you pull me into your lifeboat and let you breathe confidence into me.

 

When worry and stress wrap around your waist and tell you that you can't

I will grab you by the arms and pull you upon your marble pillar .

 

When life leaves me to feel that all efforts are fruitless 

I will taste the sweetness of a million orchards as you pick and prune away my doubt.

 

Because I love you, 

      I will let you in and help me.

 

And because you love me,

      You will let me cheer you on. 

 

Because I love you,

       I will always bring color to your days. 

 

And because you love me, 

      You will teach me to appreciate gray. 

 

Because I love you, 

        I will kiss your sore bones and tell you to march on.

 

And because you love me,

         You will kiss my heart and tell me to live on.