Why I love you


you 
you are all I can think about

your fill my head with thoughts I shouldn't think
and make my heart beat faster every time you blink

I half miss the times you didn't know what I was
and half of me wants to really explain 

to show you 
how my head works

what my mind wants
what I crave with every breath

what I need 
to want to continue living 

and how you 
fulfill all of that

fix everything 
with a simple smile 

and heal what's broken 
inside my chest 

I want to tell you 
how perfect you are 

show you 
your own beauty 

and write you a million poems
that you will actually read

I love you
because I trust you

because deep down 
behind you curtain of fake opinions 

you don't give a damn
about who says what to who 

and they did that
and so now they're not a friend anymore

your impartial 
you don't judge 

you take me as I am 

and tell me I'm worth it 
when you smile 

you see me 
when nobody else does

you hear me out 
when I'm scared 
and sad

that is why I love you.






 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

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