when you ask me why i love you i don't know what to say

when you ask me why i love you i don't know what to say

because how am i supposed to tell you

that i've spent hours memorizing the shape of your face

and the lines around your eyes and mouth

that your eyes contain whole worlds in which i've dwelled for what seems like many years

that your body is so perfect to me even with what you think are flaws

that i couldn't possibly ever. EVER. want anyone else

because nobody else comes even close to the swirling hurricane of emotions that you make me feel

how could i explain that a million words couldn't explain

that all the love poems and songs ever heard and read have no affect on me because i don't care what they feel

because everything i've ever felt falls to the side when i look at you

and i see your eyes and everything is both storming and calm simultaneously

or that your lips create the perfect shape to me

or that even though it is impossible to create a new color i feel like i've created a new color whenever i hear your voice

because it takes me to a place that has never been touched by mankind

and even though it's been hard in the past to go day to day

i wake up every morning now because just getting up means another chance to hear you and exchange the words

with which make you so sweet

i've breathed you in every single day

and now you've fused with air to create this hybrid of oxygen hydrogen...

and you

so when you ask me why i love you i don't know what to say