This is not necessarily
A poem as much as it is
A love letter.
I cannot find the words
To express it.
The idea of you as
An individual piece
Of the puzzle,
And only miniscule
In the grand scheme of things
Seems unrealistic,
Because you came into
My life and became
The whole picture.

Darling,
Our story starts out rocky
Like the shore of the lake
I spent summers as a child,
-Which, I do promise to
Take you one day for the record-
And we may be hundreds of miles
Apart for the time being,
But you will always find home
By my side.

I think of all the horrible things
We went through
To get to this place
In our lives.
The death, the aches,
All the grandiose
Suffering we have endured
That led us to this moment.

When I find you again,
Know that I will cherish
Every second in agony
At the thought of it passing.
I will smile through every
Tear you may shed
Or every argument when
I leave the lights on
And our electric bill
Sky rockets.

I swear that when I finally
Have you in my arms,
It will be the last time either
Of us feel alone ever again.

I warned you when we met
That I was dangerous
And you shrugged it off
As macabre humor.
But you see now what I meant right?
When I said dangerous,
What I really meant
Is that I would love you
In ways you did not think
Possible.

I am forever yours
And I mean that
In the most literal of senses.