Love

Falling in love is like finding a home

In the heart of a person that you've never known

It's the waiting for the ring of the phone when you're alone

Or making them a playlist of all your favorite songs

Remember how it felt?

When their touch made you melt

When their presence made you a better version of yourself

When your bed was like an island in the middle of the sea

And their eyes were the only sunset you could see

When their smile was enough to inspire a forever

In this lifetime of learning how to love each other better

It is beyond words

It is knowing how she takes her tea

It is knowing when to challenge her and when to let her be

It is knowing when to hold her and when to set her free

It is chemistry and honesty, empathy, integrity and humility

It is calling when I'm gonna be late

Or giving her the last bite of cake from my plate

It is going on vacation and walking along the beach

It is the sound that she makes when she laughs in her sleep

It is real, especially when it's hard

Because we have chosen to reveal who we really are

Beautiful with all our scars

She's like a sky of stars

I've never felt as infinite as when she's in my arms

I've never felt as intimate as when I'm in her charms

I'd never met someone and instantly knew I belonged

So now the songs on the radio are making more sense

And every rom-com movie seems more intense

I'm having dreams that I'm painting her a picket fence

Our kids are playing on the lawn, still in innocence

Picturesque in every sense

It's like a Norman Rockwell, it feels so real

A modern fairy tale with a pool and barbecue grill

We'll have a two-car garage

And every week she'll get a gift certificate

For one free foot massage

And when she's had a hard day, we'll go and walk it off

And when she's had a hard night, we'll get some Häagen-Dazs

We'll put our goals on a list and then we'll cross them off

I'll take some pics of our kids

Then print them up and make a Mother's Day collage

Or send her flowers, just because ..

Her skin is the closest that I've been to God

See, love is a long ladder up to heaven

It's like a dance where you move apart

And then come back together

It is sunshine and stormy weather

Because you would never know the one

Unless you knew the other

And in the end you'll be old and gray

With a pair of rocking chairs and some Grand Marnier

Grandkids on a grand piano in the foyer

Photographs of your family filling the hallway

And everybody in the neighborhood will ask you for advice

So you'll slowly lean in, then you'll look around twice

Then you'll whisper real light like it's the secret to your life

When you know, you know

'Cause when it's right, it's right

IN-Q