I was planning for this to be
A cheesy catastrophe of emotions
But I refuse to use cheesy metaphors
To describe our love
Because it’s so true and real
And it makes me feel things
I have never felt
And didn’t seem possible
Until it happened

And yes, I’m aware
That was cheesy af
But I don’t care
Because you are my person
My darling
My one love, if you believe in that
My dearest friend
and cheesy metaphors, try as they may
Do not even come close, to describing the way I feel
About you

I'm scared
scared by how I feel about you
scared you'll run
when you see the pain
inside me
when you see how bad
I really am
how broken and messed up
my mind is
how much I'm dealing with
I'm scared you'll run
like the others did
I'm scared you'll leave
because of me

you have given me forever
a gift I could give back
but somehow I don't think
you'd take it

this little forever
I carry with me
everywhere I go

the forever brought
to the surface
by little things
that remind me of you

a distant melody
a reminiscent memory
another and another

until I realize
you are everywhere
wherever I go in this world
you will always be near

I will always have something
to remind me of you
for I carry this forever
inside of me
a gentle reminder
of the truest love
I have ever known
to exist