You Are My Why

You are the reason my heart leans forward

The quiet pull that turns ordinary moments

Into something warm enough to live in

When I look at you, the world softens

Edges blur

Shadows lift

And suddenly everything feels possible again

You are the tenderness I never knew

I was allowed to feel

The kind of love that doesn’t rush

But settles into me slowly

Like sunrise spilling across a quiet room

You are the way my breath changes

When your name crosses my mind

The way my pulse remembers

What it means to hope

Every thought of you is a small spark

A gentle fire that keeps me reaching

For something brighter than I’ve ever known

You are the warmth in my hands

When I hold your memory

The softness in my voice

When I speak your truth

You are the reason my dreams

Have begun to bloom again

The reason my fears feel smaller

When you’re near

You are the promise I whisper

Into the dark when I need courage

The steady presence that reminds me

Love can be both fierce and tender

Both wild and safe

You are the one I choose

In every quiet moment

In every loud one too

The one my heart returns to

Without hesitation

Without question

Without end

You are my reason to rise

My reason to believe

My reason to love with both hands open

You are my why