The Love I Have For You

The love  

I have for you  

Is carved in bone

A vow I never spoke  

But somehow  

You’ve always known

It rises  

Like a tide  

I cannot slow 

A pull inside my chest  

That drags me  

Where you go

The love  

I have for you  

Is fierce and true 

A quiet storm  

That breaks me open  

Just to build me  

New

It’s the ache  

Behind my breathing  

The truth  

I keep repeating

The reason  

Every wound I carry  

Still believes  

In healing

The love  

I have for you  

Is fire bright

A lantern  

In my darkest hours

A promise  

That the night  

Won’t swallow me  

Despite  

How long I’ve lived  

Without the light

The love  

I have for you  

Is not a fragile thing 

It’s iron

It’s a kingdom

It’s a crown  

I didn’t ask for  

But I wear it  

Like a king

It’s the reason  

I stay standing

The force  

That keeps demanding  

I rise again  

No matter  

How hard  

The fall

The love  

I have for you  

Is everything  

And more  

A truth  

I’d bleed to guard

A door  

I’d never close

A faith  

I never had  

Until your name  

Became the one thing  

I chose