I lived before you. I know. I remember. I laughed. I dreamed. I loved, or thought I knew what love was. Life took what it took. I carried what remained. And I learned to ask for very little. I wasn’t waiting for someone to come and save me. I wasn’t waiting at all. And then… there you are. Not someone I imagined. Not someone I invented. You. Beautiful you. And suddenly, there are things I feel with you I didn’t even know a human heart could hold. To be known this deeply. To trust this completely. To want someone with my mind, my heart, my body... and feel him wanting me too. Now that I know you exist… how could anything ever be the same? There you are. Here I am. And every day, I choose you again… and again. Your eyes on mine. Your hands finding me. My mouth on you… Come closer. Let the whole world disappear. You choose me. I choose you. Again… and again. We want it all… Not only the parts the world gets to see. Your restless thoughts. The silence between them. The things you tell me because somehow you know you can. Our terrible jokes. Those few ridiculous words that mean entire conversations only to us. The intimacy and freedom to be ourselves and nothing else… I want the hurried Monday mornings one more minute before the world gets us back. And the slow Saturday ones. Sundays… Morning light. Our bodies still entwined. No hurry to become anyone but ourselves. Let the world wait. It will have us soon enough. Right now… Yeah, Babe… Let it wait… There you are. Here I am. And every day, I choose you again… and again. Not once. Not only now. Every morning. Every tomorrow. Your body close to mine. My heart completely yours. You choose me. I choose you. Again… and again. Do you know what amazes me? You were somewhere in this world all along. Living your life. And I was living mine. Life had thrown us around enough to teach us what things cost. What breaks. What lasts. And still… somehow… we arrived here with enough heart left to recognize each other. Maybe that’s what I want our legacy to be. Even though life wasn’t gentle with us, that we were gentle with each other. That after everything… we loved without holding back. So you never have to wonder. I’m here. I don’t choose you once and call it forever. I choose you now. The man you are today. And whatever the years make of us I want to keep discovering you. I want you to keep discovering me. No performance. No explanations. Nothing between us that doesn’t belong there. There you are. Here I am. And every day, I choose you again. Through every season. Every change. Every mark life leaves on us. Come closer. Closer still. You choose me. I choose you. And if we are given one more morning... I’ll find you there. Again… and again.
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