I want to know what you see when you look at me.
What makes your heart
skip a beat.
What wakes you up in the darkest hours of the night.

I want to know
where you go
when you crawl into a cave
like a bear,
what will coax you out,
or do you just need to stay awhile?

I want to know
how to love you so that you
never for a minute wonder or doubt that you are cherished.

I want to wake
each day
in the gray of morning
mingled in your limbs
your face inches from mine,
stealing time before the clock starts ticking the day away.

I want you to know
you are every single thing
I have ever wanted and more.

I want you to know
that my heart beats for you,
my blood flows differently now, thicker, richer, warmer.

I want us to know
how to harness our strengths to
make each other stronger.
How to hold each other up when we feel like falling, how to fall when we need to and know
everything will be ok.

I want me, I want you, I want us.