what is it about you that i admire?

is it how you wear your heart on your sleeve,
how you never seem to hesitate to show
signs of vulnerability?

or maybe when your eyes show not-so-subtle
hints of happiness when you're talking,
when you're doing something you love?

perhaps it's the way you put others,
and their needs before yours?

is it the fact that you're independent,
passionate, a selfless lover?

i could list more reasons,
but nothing would ever suffice
nor completely encapsulate
the things that i admire about you.

then i realized, it's all just simple.
you, because you're you.