i love your sleep
the way you hold the blanket
closer than you hold me
it's like you
know the blanket will leave you
before i do
the way you roll around
like you're awake having trouble
sleeping but really you
couldn't be woken by a gunshot
but me whispering your name
has you up in three seconds
i've counted

i love your talk
even when i don't understand it
because you won't tell me about politics and
really i'd only want
to hear about it to listen
to your voice
i love how you lower your voice when
you get frustrated with me
i've never seen you yell
and i like that

i love your kiss
the way you lean down to me
cause we're not on the same level
the way you make me laugh
right before and then
pretend to get mad when i can't
kiss you right after
and then you just kiss my smile
the way you have a certain way to
kiss me when i'm wrong

i love your laugh
especially the one
that gets out of your lungs
like a wind on a summer night
when i kiss your neck

i love your compliments
even though i could never
tell my mother
what you said about the dress i bought
even though i
could never tell my friends about
the things you compliment

i love you
the way i see in colours when i'm with you
the way you light up
my day and my world
i love you
and if love doesn't exist
then i love the way we both think that way