For You, Always
[July 2025]
I don’t know what I did right in this life,
to earn you.
Maybe I was a storm once
and you’re the calm that followed.
Maybe I was a fool
and you’re the kindness that forgave me.
All I know is that loving you
feels like exhaling for the first time in years.
You’re the soft place I land.
The steady hand when mine trembles.
The ridiculous grin I can’t fight off
even on the worst days.
You laugh at my nonsense.
You hold space for my quiet.
You see all the messy, strange, tender parts of me
and call them beautiful.
I don’t need grand declarations or fireworks.
Just you.
Breathing beside me.
Wearing that sleepy smile.
Existing in a world that’s brighter
just because you are in it.
So if I’m sappy tonight…
It’s because I’m in love.
And being in love with you
is the easiest, warmest, most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.
to earn you.
Maybe I was a storm once
and you’re the calm that followed.
Maybe I was a fool
and you’re the kindness that forgave me.
All I know is that loving you
feels like exhaling for the first time in years.
You’re the soft place I land.
The steady hand when mine trembles.
The ridiculous grin I can’t fight off
even on the worst days.
You laugh at my nonsense.
You hold space for my quiet.
You see all the messy, strange, tender parts of me
and call them beautiful.
I don’t need grand declarations or fireworks.
Just you.
Breathing beside me.
Wearing that sleepy smile.
Existing in a world that’s brighter
just because you are in it.
So if I’m sappy tonight…
It’s because I’m in love.
And being in love with you
is the easiest, warmest, most wonderful thing I’ve ever done.
