You are gone...
But not far away.

Beneath this roof with the cat and dog, we stay...
Waiting for you to return...
home for the day.

I'll cook you dinner and make dessert.
I will show you how much I miss you in many ways.

First dinner, then dessert, then from there we will lay...
On the couch holding hands forever in a trance of what this love means to us.

With you it's effortless when it seems like it should be.
And the times we spend in misunderstandings end before the day does.
We don't go to bed angry.

How wonderful it is you see...
The fact that I...
Feel like the luckiest person in the world to wake up next to you.

Each morning and each night we intertwine like we are the high school sweetheart couple (even though we met much later than that).

With you it feels like the first time.
Because the moment I met you, my world instantly changed...

It continues to be the best chapter of my life that I neglected to write down until now. So this is where I want to begin, by writing it down so far...

The night I met you it was an unexpected spark. I had seen you a couple of nights before at the same bar. The only bar I think that is cool in this town. It was a Thursday when I first saw you. I was on the dance floor with some co-workers. You walked across the bar with your drink... In your Hawaiian shirt. But honestly the very first thing I noticed was your hair. It's so bleach blonde...I instantly knew you were a surfer. I thought you were interesting. But I didn't go up to you that night.

Saturday evening that same week I decided to have a beer and see what was going on outside on the patio. It was a safari of people, so I sat down to observe everyone around me. I didn't expect someone to sit down next to me... I really didn't expect some drunk lady to start complimenting me all of a sudden. A drug rehabilitation nurse who would not stop talking about nursing a bunch of alcoholics ironically... But you saved the day. I saw you walk towards me and I grabbed your arm. I said talked about how I had seen you a couple of nights earlier. You seemed stoked because you were smiling really big. Your eyes were so amazing upon closer inspection. They still are, I love waking up next to you.

We talked about things we have in common. Enough to where you bought me another beer and we went up and sat in the little nook. It was a peaceful little spot, we both enjoyed watching the people walk up and down the stairs of the house. The bar seems to be more like a house party all the time rather than an average bar anyways.

We were talking and all of a sudden some girls said that we were a cute couple. We both were shocked and didn't know what to say so we said thanks. A while later two other girls came up to us and started saying we should kiss... I wanted to, so I got up and kissed you. You blushed, it was great. And then you kissed me back.

Last call came, and the bar closed. So you asked me if I wanted to smoke in your car and hang out for a little bit longer. We did. I remember I thought it was so polite of you when you walked me back to my car. We kissed and it was magical. Before we parted ways I handed you flowers I had in my car (left over centerpieces from a pretty wedding) and told you not enough guys get flowers. I drove away thinking I was such an idiot and what was I thinking giving a guy flowers? You've since told me you thought it was sweet and your friends agreed that a girl really likes you if she gives you something. I was hoping to see you again after that night, because you gave me butterflies. Even though you still give me them to me.

I feel like I've known you all of my life. I love you.