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Jim Marchel Sep 2016
Every day I spend with you is a lesson learned.
I'm the C student that can never grasp anything, but you never give up on me.
You prepare me for all the tests life has in store and because of you I ace them all.
Wrote a piece a while back and thought it'd be better in parts than a standalone.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
Every day I spend with you is an adventure.
Sitting still next to you on the couch feels like I'm going a hundred on an open stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, beautiful scenery all around but the perfect view is the girl with me when I glance over my shoulder.
Wrote a piece a while back and thought it'd be better in parts than a standalone.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
One is none
And two is one.
Survival is redundant
And so is love.
"One is none and two is one" is a basic concept outlining the importance of redundancy in our lives. It can be applied to almost every circumstance, from wilderness survival to a day's work at the office.

Love becomes redundant when two people bring the same thing to the table...It's like when more than one person brings cole slaw to a barbecue.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
Open, overlooked,
Yet obliviously
I love.
Just a thought that wandered into mind.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
I've been sitting here
Beneath the embers
Of the streetlamp
Waiting for you
In plain sight

But you never walk down
My shanty block.
She's looking for me in everyone else
But she'll never find me.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
When you give someone or something up, it doesn't mean to put it/them on the proverbial shelf to look at every now and then when things get boring.

It doesn't mean you should keep them in the background of your life so you can wander out to them when there's nothing going on in the foreground.

There's nothing uncivil about removing people or things from your life.

I'm not going to give any more of my attention to certain people and all the vices of my past.

Holding onto a piece of them builds the bridge to bring them into my present, and I don't have time to be tempted or distracted from the things that matter to me the most.

If that's cruel, so be it. Some bridges are meant to be burned.
Always keep your focus. Never fear commitment.
Jim Marchel Sep 2016
You're the first person I think about when I wake up from my dreams.

Like the sun warms the earth, you warm my skin.

Like the birds sing to the waking world, your tired voice tugs a string in my heart that makes me smile.

Like the smell of freshly baked bread, you're the pleasant aroma that makes my mouth water and leaves me wanting more of you.

Like the color of the sky at dawn, you make me glad that God made you so beautiful, without flaw.

You're my sanity.
You're my saving grace.
You're my answer.
You're my angel.
You're my reason.
You're my revival.
You're my best friend.
You're my better half.

*You're so much more than the woman of my dreams.
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To wake up every morning next to you.
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