When I want you,
When the thought crosses my mind,
I think of what it would be like if you were all mine.
I get a chill that's hard to explain,
But I know the way I feel for you will always stay the same.
I feel selfish, I feel weak,
'Cause the whole thing is, you're not just mine to keep.
But I'm sorry to say, I'm sorry you have to hear:
I know that I love you; it didn't take me thirty years.
In fact, I found out when I wanted you,
It was before we were ever in the same room.
You lit up this saddened, lonely heart,
You brought joy back to my life, like I was given a brand-new start.
So if I overuse "you'll always be mine, and I'll always be yours,"
Just know that I'm not planning on walking out of any doors.
Yes, it's true that your girl is quite addicted to you.
So when I say I want you,
I don't mean for a day here or there—
I honestly just want you, and wish I could have you everywhere.

Glimmers come in glances
And often little flares
But the glimmers that I love most
Are the glimmers that come from you
You cause a bright spot in my heart
Each and every day
I wouldn’t want glimmers any other way.  You deserve to have glimmers
In just the same way
I hope that I cause you little glimmers throughout your days.
I want to be a glimmer you notice,
One that stops you in your tracks
I want to be the glimmer in your life so that
When I look, you’re the glimmer I see back.

I want to hold your mornings
I want to hold your stars
I want to hold your worries
Hold them tightly in my arms
I want to hold your heartbeat
I want to hold your charms
I want to hold your defeats
Hold them, and heal the scars
I want to hold your love
I want to hold your soul
I want to hold your highs above
Hold you, even when things feel low
I want to hold my man
I want to have you next to me
I want to let you know, baby, with me you can be free.

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.