I lost my way
To work today,
Without you by my side
I go astray.

I'll always need you,
Though I'd never admit;
You're the one I'll always see me with.

For your birthday this year
I bought you a frame
And put in it a thing
From our last holiday.

I wrote the year in the corner,
See? Just through the glass.
So you'd always remember
That moment together, the two of us.

On the back of the mount
I wrote my love declaration.
Lucid and bold,
So unlike my stifled diction.

Shocked, I replaced
The chipboard backing.
Honest words hidden,
Exhausted, mind rumbling.

And there it will stand
On your shelf quite plainly.
My confession laid bare,
For you to see, daily.

This poem is my way of saying
'I love you'
Without you ever knowing
That you're the one I love.

You're not perfect,

But
I
Like
Those
Bits
Too.