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!

[Mizo4]

nice poetic language, its got some really edgy powerful lines that I love.
brilliant :)

[Coyote Poetry]

"You're my reason for being
My reason for trying
The reason I blossom when other flowers are dying "
A beautiful poem. I like the above lines a lot. I like the hope and positive feel in the poem. The people that we love should make us smile and content. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Astro]

I do believe your intent is clear, although some might find the falling in and out of rhyming to be a bit strange, but I can see if it were a Spoken word piece how you could change tone for effect. These are very beautiful sentiments, someone is lucky to be appreciated so much. If I may though one word of advice, it's nice that you have someone that will forgive you when you "fu#^ up" but every person has their limit, so it's best to impress rather than fail. Keep up the good work though KJ, you've been writing a lot of goodies lately!!

[SquinklaPsyOps]

I’ve read your poem and wondered. I went and read it again. Then I read your notes.

Your writing is very interesting, due to your capability of turning something into something that almost terrifies me.

This reminds me of someone who just lost something and wants it all to end.