I love you in the way that;

You never leave my mind – a constant melody. 

And that exact second I realised something mattered. 

I love you in the way that;

You will never be that beautiful again,

Every time I see you there’s a thousand more tiny things I find that are my favourite thing about you. 

So every time I see you, 

You are more beautiful than the last.

And every time I think of you it’s a memory of someone who is not as beautiful as the real thing. 

It’s not possible.

To remember something with so much detail,

To remember something so perfect it’s never complete. 

I love you in the way that;

When you speak is like light choosing to land,

Your lunar rays a dappled beam slicing the canopy of my cloud cover. 

And your fire burns so bright for what you believe in,

An inspiration – a life lesson, 

And a passion so deep I drown to a sea that knows my name and keeps calling me to rest.

I love you in the way that;

How I feel when I’m with you.

I feel safe and comfortable,

I feel cherished and welcome.

I feel no judgement and fear no harm.

For lying right beside you, 

Is like drifting away into an ocean of calm.

I love you in the way that I’m scared,

I’m scared to say the wrong things,

Or do the wrong things,

Or be the wrong things.

I’ve only been sad once since I met you.

I love you in the same way the ocean loves the moon and the trees love the sun. 

You are the beauty that makes the sun rise,

You are the light breaking the gap in my curtains,

You are the kiss from the universe in the morning and her gentle nocturnal rhythm at night. 

You are every star and every leaf,

Every cobweb,

Every hidden forest and every isolated lake.

You are my wanderlust and you are my North Star.

So I love you in the way that I love you.

And that’s not in the way I have ever thought about anything before.

So I never know how to say it.