Because I Love You,

Because I love you, you shouldn't have left.

I never asked for you to love me back,

I know that love is had, sometimes you fall sometimes you don't.

But before my lover you were my friend.

 

Your touch was like silk,

Genle and pure.

Comforting in the darkes of nights.

Your hand matched perfectly into mine,

But your innocent hand become a balled fist 

 

When you love someone you don't hurt them.

Love takes time and can't be forced.

Even in friendships you love, it's just a different kind.

The point is, I guess you never loved me at all.

 

Because I  love you, I let you hurt me.

Even though hateful words spit off you lips and stike my soul.

They are still from the lips I used to kiss.

I will take every pain you caused,

Because it's from you

I'll take anything I can get, as long as I get to love you.

 

But I then learned that's not what love is.

Because I loved you, I learned how to love myself.

 

Because I love you, I know what love is,

Love is real when you know that person makes you a better version of yourself

But really they don't make you do that, you do it for yourself because they inspire you.

Thry know your self worth and respect you, they love you softly, but deeply.

They are your constant disraction

Always on your mind

Your main focus

 

Because I love you, I know how to love,

For if they are cold, my body becomes their blanket.

When their heart feels exposed, I become their bones.

When they feel weak, my love makes them strong.

When the world gets loud, I'll make it silent.

When they are in pain, I'll stay by their side.

When their hearts not pure, I will kill their disease,

And if there's no cure, I will be what they need.

 

Because I love you, I know what I want.

 I know what I deserve.

Which is a love, better than yours.

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Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerfully expressed! Truly powerful! Keep sharing keep sharing! The world needs your expression! Keep sharing your life your mind your heart!

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