Valentine's Day

The way your dorm smells
The way your lips feel on my forehead
The way your arms tense around me
The way you say "good" when I say I'm okay
The way your heart sounds as it's beating
The way you hold my hand
The way you pick me up and carry me through snow
The way you pause your movies and video games for me
The way you sold your gun for me
The way you stick up for me
The way you're always on my side
The way you call me your wife
The way you smell in the mornings
The way you stroke my back
The way you put your head on top of mine when you hug me
The way you remember little things and ask me about them
The way you pay attention
The way you talk to me
The way you lie down next to me
The way you see me, not just look at me
The way you listen and the way you respond
The way you laugh so carelessly and openly
The way you take on new challenges with a smile on your face
The way you smile...
The way you bought me a ring
The way you always remind me that the sun is shining somewhere
The way you write me poems
The way you tell me everything
The way you listen to me telling you everything
The way you love me.
The way we love.

Last year you carved me a hummingbird, and we drove around with sunflowers and starbucks, and we gave a carnation a rose, and we were determined not to fall in love, even though it was already too late for both of us.

This year you're 1603.1 miles away, and you are coming home soon, and we are going through a tough time because we are trying to be the amazing couple we used to tell ourselves we would never be.

I love you with all my heart, all my soul, all my being.
It's Valentine's Day your time, but I love you all the time.

Can you feel my kisses from California? Can you hear me telling you I need you from across the country? I'm saying it loud and clear.

My love, my soulmate, my hero. My boo, my baby, my stud muffin.
My everything, where would I be with out you?

-Yours always