Love is craving your lips,
Your mouth, your voice, where before
I was just silence and hunger.

Love is our moments of anticipation,
Like the last breath before the dive
And the eventual ascent back into sunlight.

Love is missing you even when you’re here,
Knowing that every time you leave
I will be hollow until you return.

Love is sharing a comfortable silence
And finding serenity in that space
Rather than the empty voids between the stars.

Love is sharing your strength
That I may look upon a raging storm
And never be shaken.

Love is calming the voices within,
Replacing anger, and fear, and doubt
With peace and patience.

Love is love when unchanging, will remain,
Untested by time, unwavering before challenge,
Enduring evergreen.

Love is how you make my world beautiful.