Tethered to you
Not just by a string
I'm tethered to you
And all that you bring
Tethered to you
By your gentle recourse
I cherish each moment
There's never remorse
Except that I should have
Been tethered to you
Long before I never realized what this heart of mine was missing
But your love, my sweet Ray,
Is more than just our kissing
Yet maybe I'm tethered to you
By those amazing things as well
But baby, I'm tethered by your heart's
Gentle flare
You give me the best feelings
You give me such grace
You help to bring this smile
It's what makes this beautiful face
I'm tethered to you by your compassion and care
Even in moments we wish we could both be there
It doesn't mean I love you any less
It's just not being with you causes me to be such a blasted mess
I'm tethered to you by the mess that I am
I will call you even though I can't tell anyone
But you are my man
I want to shout it out loud to be heard
I'm tethered to you for all your beautiful words
You make me feel wanted, loved, and seen
Baby, I'm tethered to you
By your everything.

Someone wants to thank you for what you do every single day.
It never goes unnoticed; it doesn’t fade away.
You are such a hardworking man,
You deserve all that life brings.
But most of all, you deserve lots of love, you handsome thing. You may think it’s overlooked, which by some it may be,
But please know I see you and how you do everything.
It’s not a big façade or a roaring parade,
It’s just that you’re a hardworking, caring, intelligent man
Who puts his heart into all that’s made. You’re someone I can take advice from, even in the smallest ways.
It’s crazy how just a few simple words
Can change my thoughts on how to handle things throughout the day.
You make me feel brighter, as if I’m holding light,
You make me feel like I can shine and share with others my radient light.
Just know that you don’t need to change for anyone.
There’s nothing that needs to be changed or undone.
you’re a rare and radiant soul,
The one I’ll always cherish, my heart’s eternal home.

Have you ever felt as if we were living a sepia-toned love?
Like this life in which we’ve met isn’t really the first?
Like the tenderness of hands has touched as we’ve walked a path of cobblestone.
Like we lived once before and never felt alone?
Seeing withered rose petals dance against the wind,
Like we were together, maybe our souls touched even then?
Like a picture from long ago, left out to be weathered,
Kinda crazy to think that just maybe our souls may once have been tethered.
Old rusty lockets lining many antique stores,
Could maybe, just maybe, be ones your hand held once before.
The time once ticking on an antique pocket watch that sits very still,
Maybe one set in the pocket of the man
Who gives me chills.
Old love letters and poems tucked away in a dusty book,
Maybe once were words we shared
That caused our hearts to hook.
A sepia-toned love is what I feel with you now.
You make me feel like we’ve known each other in other times; it’s just so amazing how.

Half a year,
All my heart.
Who would have thought
It would start?
A simple message,
A sweet reply,
Lord knows I needed
You to supply.  Your sweet approach,
Your tender hands—
All I can say is,
What a man!
You show you love me
In such simple ways,
Just speaking to me
Every day.  That’s six months of sweet passion,
Filled with kisses,
And yes, a lot of “Oh, how I miss this.”
But moments spent with you
Are the best—
You make me feel wanted and needed,
Not like a guest.  You captured me,
My heart, my soul.
Just promise me
You’ll never let go.
I’ll continue to work on my patience
With time—
I know, though I can’t have you always,
I can still call you mine.  You’re my sweet man,
My babu, my lover,
My friend,
My baby, my sweetheart,
My shoulder—
The beginning of my day
And my end.

When souls touch
'Tis so surreal
It's hard to put in words
How you feel
'Tis a warmth
Consuming tone
That bores deep down to the bones
It makes a place
Takes comfort there
Like it's the place it needs to share
'Tis with one whose soul does touch
It's such a need
Not just wanted, so much
The need to feel
To be all in
'Tis beautiful electricity
Invites us in
The spark, the flame
Which love ignites
Turns every bad, wrong, or sad moment
Just right.
'Tis makes the troubles you feel
Disappear for a space in time
'Tis soul-touching moments, I claim you as mine
Take me, all
My soul and my heart
I'm a puddle for your love
I have been from the start.
When we part from our time together
I feel the ache of you missing
But I know it's not forever.
Soon in time we will be again
It can never be soon enough
Because my soul longs for
You, I'm ready to dive right in.

What's wrong?
Nothing.
Why do you ask?
Because you're looking at me.
You see, when I say "nothing,"
It's actually a lie,
Because it's really something—
It's you, my special guy.  
You hold me when you're able,
You calm me when I'm sad.
You tell me that you love me,
You make me feel glad.  
What's wrong is that I could
Stare at you for days.
You could ask me over and over,
Yet my answer will never change.  
It's always you; you're my "nothing"
That, when someone asks me about,
What it is I'm thinking, it's you it's all about.  
So nothing isn't bad; it's actually pretty great.
To have a man like you in my life,
I'll take nothing all my days.

When we hug,
Our bodies touch,
Holding so tight,
Squeezing against you
With all of my might.  
When we hug,
All chaos flees,
Making it feel
Like we're the only ones we see.  
When we hug,
I want to be closer still.
I want to climb under;
I need to feel all the feels.  
When we hug,
All the sounds quiet.
The only sound
We hear is the sound
Of peace; there's never sounds of riot.  When we hug,
When we are holding on so tight,
I know this space was meant for me.
We fit together just so right.