Behind closed doors
Texting for a while
Staring at the floor
Trying to hide your smile

Inhaling to hold your tears
Expressing you’re tired
When you’re in your feels
Her company is desired

Short hugs
Don’t say “babe”
Pull drugs
Stay contained

We live in shadows
And stay positive
Hoping it won’t show
Our love so secretive

Where does your heart lie? Does it hide behind the lies and the smiles you portray love to be? To be fake in the face of your children to see? Does it hide in the truth the  “you” came out to believe? Is it that hard to accept the color of the blood that runs through the leaves that grow on your branches and miss the chances of living a life so free? These are the questions that posses the expressions of answers that are “Yes.”

Tonight, I looked deep in your eyes
I held you in my arms so tight
I kissed your lips just right
Your love touched my soul
And I’ve never felt so full
Complete
Nothing can ever compete
For what we have
So magical
And unexplainable
A fairy tale that may never come true
But that’s okay, as long as I have you

It’s your 37th birthday
And every hour you deserve to feel loved
24 reasons why I love you
How do I choose?
Increase my limit to 37
And it’s still not enough
Never have I been this captivated
By another human being
Give me every hour
For the rest time
To give you reasons
And you’ll realize
That when my time ends
I’ll die feeling unaccomplished