because life is far
too short

because you can somehow
find me
even at two in the morning
(i think i saw you
in my dreams)

because you always seem to
take the shape
of the words on my page

because you are
a castle whose tower
i’d like to climb,
a fortress whose walls
i’d like to tear down

because the thought of
you leaving
chills me down to the bones
and no one else
has ever given me
chills

because you've seeped
into my veins,
my lungs,
into every pore
on my fragile skin

because you are
every speck of dirt
underneath my fingernails,
every grain of sand
in my windblown hair

because all the others
bore me

so i choose you
every time