I never thought about
the way my voice sounds
when I'm half asleep
or
the way I laugh at everything you say
and all of your favourite parts of me
have become
my favourite too.

The way you sound when you're half asleep
mumbling "come here babe."
has become my favourite phrase
along with the way
you say my name,
when I wake up at 3 am
afraid of the monsters in my dreams.

You read my favourite poems
ask about my day and
I could listen to you go on forever
memorizing the way you sound
when you speak
softly
the butterflies in my stomach
take flight.