Make It Count!

As I walk around my high school

With my backpack filled with heavy books and a computer case in my hand

I am accompanied by a girl, a beautiful girl

Whom I want to spend my entire life with

She looks at me like I am her equal

But in her mind, she is waiting for me to say something

I try to tell her my feelings and declare my love for her

But in the end, I never do until this very day

We sit down on the bench with our food

And begin to discuss the issues that trouble our minds

While she talks to me about something she read on Twitter

I am computing in my head how I will tell her my feelings

The words “Because I Love You” are more than words

When you say these words to someone that you hold dear to your heart

You are making many promises to them

So you’d better learn to keep promises

When you say “Because I Love You”

You are promising that you will be there for her

That you will make her laugh and be appreciated

That you will make her feel special

When you say “Because I Love You”

You are responsible for spending quality time with her

For listening to her when she has a problem

For being the man whom she has been searching for

When you say “Because I Love You”

You are committing yourself to kissing her when she wants a kiss from you

To envelop her in your arms when she feels cold

To finding a balance between each other so that both of you

May live in harmony together forever

However, if you break your promises

And you become too violent towards her

Never respond to her pleas when she needs you the most

Don’t take her to places she wants to go

Don’t respect her and cheat on her

Don’t make her feel special and appreciated

Then you have made a grave mistake

And she will walk out on you

And find another lover to call “Babe”

While you’re at the bar, late at night

Wondering what would have happened

If you had paid attention to her more often

And treated her like she was the only girl in the world you admired

As I think about these thoughts

She looks up from her phone and notices that I have gone into a daydream

She asks what I was thinking of

And I seize the moment to tell her my feelings

I know that it’s a big obligation to take on

But it’s worth it in the long run

So I have to make my words count

Especially the “Because I Love You” part

I take a deep breath and begin to talk to her

I say “I need to tell you something;

I like you and I want you to be my girlfriend.”

She stares at me in shock and asks why her

I respond to her, “Because I Love You”

And those are the words that I made important

Because after I had said them

We kissed each other and we knew

That we had found that special someone