When I Look at You

When I look at you I don’t just see you
I see every quiet morning we will share
Every late-night conversation still waiting for us
And every laugh that hasn’t yet found its sound
You are not only my present
You are the future I never want to stop walking toward

2. The Safe Place

With you I do not have to be strong all the time
I do not need the perfect words or the right mask
I can let every guard down and you still stay
You are the one who sees me and loves me anyway
You are my safe place and I will never stop needing you

3. Ordinary Magic

It lives in the smallest things
The way your fingers find mine in passing
The way your voice softens when you are half-asleep
The way the world feels quieter when it is only us
There is a magic in loving you
And it feels like the truest thing I have ever known

4. Unrushed

I love that we do not hurry
We take our time with each word and every moment
We hold hands as if nothing else exists
I want this forever
A love that moves slow enough to last a lifetime

5. The Way You Stay

I never knew how much I needed someone who would not run
Someone who would not leave when the sky turned dark
And then there was you
You did not just stay, you chose me every single day
And I will never stop being grateful for that kind of love

6. Every Version of You

I do not only love you in the easy hours
I love you when you are quiet and when you are stubborn
I love you when the weight of the world is heavy on you
Every version of you is still my favorite

7. The Quiet Kind of Love

We do not need fireworks for this to matter
Sometimes it is in the silence
A glance, a touch, a small smile
That says more than words ever could
This is where I find us, and it is enough

8. Even Then

If the world took everything from us
If there was nothing left but the two of us
I would still choose you
Even then, especially then

9. The Gravity of You

You pull me in without effort
It is not loud, it is not forceful
It is simply certain
No matter where I go, my heart always finds you

10. The Promise

I cannot promise perfect
But I can promise to love you through the messy
Through the ordinary
Through every fight and every making up
I can promise to stay
And I will

11. The Way You Change Everything

Before you I did not understand what home truly was
Now I see it in your face
I hear it in your laughter
I feel it every time you reach for me
You are the center of every good thing
And I cannot imagine life without you there

12. The Long Way

I do not want shortcuts with you
I want to know every thought you have never said out loud
Every dream you have been too afraid to chase
I want the long way to you
Because the long way means I never have to leave

13. Even the Silence

With you, silence is not heavy
It does not need filling
We can sit in it for hours and it feels like peace
You make even nothing feel like everything

14. The Small Forever

I do not need grand gestures or endless promises
Just this
Your hand in mine
Your laughter on an ordinary day
And the steady knowing that I will never have to wonder
If I am loved


15. You, Always You

In the end it is simple
No matter what day, no matter what season
No matter how the world spins or changes
It is you
It has always been you
And if I am lucky it always will be