The Reason

I love you so much it's not even healthy
If I had a penny for every time I thought of you
I'd have a s**t load of pennies
Hell I'd be wealthy

But all the money in the world
couldn't buy what you give me
You love me for me, never try to change me
and more importantly
when I f**k up you forgive me

You're my reason for being
My reason for trying
The reason I blossom when other flowers are dying
You give me that garden
That soil, deep seeded
You're everything I never knew I needed
Everything unfinished you completed
What I couldn't do alone
We did

We, as in us
Together
You and I
Without u there's just s
S as in S**t out of luck

S as in solo, S as in sad
S as in so what
Not giving a f**k

You're the reason I care
The reason I feel what I feel
But here's the deal

I'm terrified

I'm scared to find out what it feels like to live without you
I'm afraid of losing you
There's just something about you

Something in the way you look at me
With your eyes you make me feel like every hand in the world is stroking my ego
Everywhere that we go
Making me feel beautiful and pretty and loved


With your eyes you speak every language in the world
Every glance an 'I love you'
Your stare a love song

Singing

Between you and I
In the space between eye to eye
The unspoken words I hear when I look at you

Bringing

A smile to my ears
A smile to my heart

You're the dream to my dreaming
I look to you for meaning
Because you're the answer
You're the reason

Author's Note

This is one of my poems that is best spoken so I hope I've written it in a format that reads the way I intended.

Reviews

[Dana Alsamsam]

i can definitely imagine this as spoken word! it almost reads like a spunky sort of rap or slam poetry. the emotions ebb and flow in and out from passion and love to fear and anxiety. they say love is the best and worst thing that can ever happen to you and you've captured that sentiment rather well in this questioning piece!

[Perkele.7885]

This is a powerful love poem! Powerful! There is a BIG problem with your subject matter though! No one person other than your God should ever have such an incredible hold on you. The love you write about is so powerful that it paints you into a prison. Love is not to be experienced in lock-down, love is the ultimate freedom experienced by two people in love together. Therein/lies a conundrum. What is love and how should we experience it personally, A great write as always!

[J. F. Charleston]

Sure can tell how much you love this person. I think the profanity is a bit much. Loving someone so hard to either fall or to be accepted. I hate the uncertainty of it. But you gotta take some chances.

[Ency Bearis]

A good logic and well expressed thoughts, nice poem.

[TL Boehm]

I so enjoyed the way this moves from lines like "i'd have a s**t load of pennies" (cracked up there) to you're the dream to my dreaming.

[Jo]

What a lovely melting pot of styles. Your disrespect for form and freedom of movement give this poem real spirit.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

I can see the "spoken word" format of this one. Typically, I always read poety aloud at least once before I review. I can see that the "emotion" would be found within the inflections of the reader, and the tone that is taken with the language. Though, still, I find that you have definitely shown emotion in just the writing. There is a sense of longing, desire, and perhaps a touch of melancholy here? Strong and poignant in a lot of ways...I would love to hear it read by the writer :)

[MoriartyMesa]

This felt like it should have been sent in a note or maybe by a dark Valentine. Loved it all the same