Healthy Loving

You open the box imbedded deep within my heart

A box filled with pain and desire

But you don't scowl at the contents

When you peer inside

Instead you smile fondly and whisper:

"It's beautiful"

When I feel broken

You help me put myself together

Then you embrace me

Always knowing the right time to do so

Even when I tell you I want to be alone

You still linger as my shoulder to cry on

You disagree with me on occasion

But you never cease to hear me out

You always know how to criticize 

Without needing to villianize

And though we may argue from time to time

Underneath the strife remains something everglowing

You tell me you love me the way I am

Against the idea: As I am, I'm not loved

You love my idiosyncrasies and individuality

A gift that I value above many others

The only way I know how to repay 

Is to give the same gift but in my own way

You express your joy to me

And I can't help but feel the same

Your meadow is my meadow

And your smile teases out my own

But likewise your sorrow is my sorrow

And your pain punctures me deeply

You love me as I am, which I know

And I would say the same

But I love more than just "you"

I love your aura, its reach ambient

Its presence seen in my surroundings saying:

"And I love you just the same"