My Love

“I love you”

Three simple words

and ten tiny characters

cloud my mind.

I repeat them over and over,

trying to understand why

they mean so much to me.

The only real answer is because

they remind me of you.

“I love you”

You repeat and

my heart skips a beat.

I hold on to my last breath and

everything around me stops.

You’re beautiful.

Oh so beautiful.

Because I love you,

I want you to see how much

you mean to me

and to the world.

Because I love you

I will do anything to make you happy.

Your smile could light up the world

and the way your eyes dance

when you talk about the sports statistics

fills me with joy.

I do not understand them.

They’re just numbers to me,

but the way you glow

when you recite every play of the game

could keep me listening for centuries.

Because I love you,

I will support you.

I will tell you to go to the college of your dreams

or the job you’ve always wanted,

even if it means being thousands of miles away.

Releasing my breath,

I whisper back

“I love you too.”