how do I tell you I love you? how do I tell you I only want to be alive while I’m by your side?

I found an energy in you I’m not sure if I’ve ever experienced before

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I have a feeling I wouldn’t have been able to miss it, miss you if you had come into my life in another form before

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how do I do this? how do I age and grow without falling between the cracks of this broken pavement?

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These days I find it easy to sit and let the light dance around my shadow, untouched

I hold a hot cup of tea and it centers me

Do you understand what I’m trying to say here?

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I found an energy in you that motivates me

It lets me see the sun and feel it too

The cold wind is no longer a punishment when I’m by your side, but a gentle hand stroking my cheek as we walk together

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how do I tell you I love you? how do I tell you I only want to be alive while I’m by your side?

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I know this isn’t what you want to hear but I need you to know how I feel I need you to understand the life you have brought to me and the pain too

You do understand just how much you mean to me, don’t you?

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I’m not so sure I can do this without you, but I already know you’d simply smile and say, of course you can

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how do I tell you I love you? I tell you without speaking, are you listening?