#simplelove
I love you not for what you do,
Or how you make my heart feel new.
Not for the light you cast my way,
Or the warmth that fills my day.
I love you simply, deeply so,
In ways you may not even know.
For who you are, for just being there,
A presence I’m honored to share.
In the space where doubt resides,
Love stretches out, undivides.
Unshaken by what’s yet unseen,
I hold you close, pure and serene.
No need for promises, no grand demands,
Just open hearts and holding hands.
For love, when true, is never done—
It’s a river, ever flowing, always one.
So here we stand, in moments unsure,
And still, my love remains secure.
For in this uncertain, shifting hue,
I love, simply because you’re you.
Sep 12, 2024
Sep 12, 2024 at 5:22 PM UTC
Where We Forget the World
***
We step out,
just us,
and the night.
The moon is full,
bright enough
to see each other clearly.
No music—
just the breeze
and our footsteps.
You take my hand.
We don’t speak.
We don’t need to.
We move slowly,
finding a rhythm
that feels like home.
A turn,
a laugh,
a small misstep.
Nothing perfect,
but it doesn’t matter.
It’s ours.
The world feels far away,
like it’s paused
just for this.
We stay there,
under that quiet light,
a little longer than we should.
Not thinking ahead.
Not looking back.
Just here,
together,
in the middle of the night.
By Paul Baldry (Long John)
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 7:09 AM UTC