#becauseiloveyou

One.

His fingers shake like trees stuck in a hurricane,

My throat closes around three words

Eight letters.

               unspeakable.

Slowly, he brushes a strand of hair behind my ear

Slowly, warm lips press to frozen skin

             This is how he says I love you.

Two.

My car is idling,

A monster ready to sweep away the princess

Away from her tower in the castle,

Long hair let down at last.

My grandfather, My protector

A King in a collared shirt and blue jeans

Wipes his hands on a oil soaked rag - closes the hood and walks away.

        This is how he says I love you.

Three.

My fair haired sister is a fairy in disguise,

Innocence eats at every smile, every gesture

Play is a thing not yet forbidden,

She comes to my room -

Askes to take our bikes on an adventure

Perhaps through a rainforest, Perhaps to the moon

When I agree, she shouts with glee - golden curls falling into her eyes as she turns,

          and runs.

This is how she says I love you.

Four. 

Text me when you make it home safe.

I'm taking your keys, you're staying here.

How are you doing?

I know today was a rough day.

My friends are an armory

Built to weather me against the storm

      These are the ways they say I love you.

Five.

 My grandmother is a flower

Albeit sometimes withering

Pretty as a picture is the saying,

A Queen stuck in rags

          under appreciated

I come home,

Tuck my legs into her favorite chair

Her hands begin to pat my back

I ask why do you do so much?

She says,

     because i love you.