sometimes i wrap your jacket around my pillow and bury my face in it before i fall asleep
it smells like summer in a hot kitchen after long work shifts sweaty and spicy
smells like the first night i put my head on your chest your arm went around my shoulder and i could feel my heart thudding out of my ribs when you kissed me without warning
i panicked and the next time you asked before you brushed your lips against my cheek and then i felt the stars flicker in my bones
i remember the day i threw flour at you for no reason and you didn’t get mad or anything just kind of stared at me
the day i stuck a rose in my teeth declared myself a princess and we went to the mall
the day i stole some alstra from my mother’s yellow pitcher put them in a tin can and gave them to you
gerbera daisies your hand in mine it’s been a year and i find myself falling in love all over again every week
with your smile with the dimple in your right cheek your laugh your hands how good you are to me even when i don’t deserve it and how i never know exactly what you’re thinking up in that blonde head of yours
of course you’re not perfect but you’re the closest **** thing i’ve ever found to it
and i miss last summer sometimes the brand new flutter in my stomach and the crashing and tripping over the side of the big commercial sink and into feelings
but i wouldn’t turn back time for anything and i hope i never have to sleep without you by my side again after this month
i never wanted an expensive champagne twenty four karat designer tag kind of love and that’s never what you wanted to give me
all i wanted was you and that’s what you’ve given me
when i say “i love you” you say “i know you do”
how good it is to have someone the safety of home and adventure of living
to blow a kiss and know you’ll catch it
to grab your hand and know you’ll hold it
to love and to be loved
you’re my soft place to land and i’ll be your right hand
you’re the only decision i ever made the only chance i was willing to take
and heaven forbid something goes wrong but you’re the only possible mistake that i would be happy to make
it takes time for love to spread its roots and begin to grow upwards and bloom but i’m willing to wait as long as it’s for you
and it hasn’t been easy lately i’ve put a lot of tears into your favorite hoodie been hanging into you for dear life
but i have to believe this won’t last forever that you and me are strong enough