{ Are You Listening? }

I need you to listen

Because I'm telling you I love you.

And I need you to stop repeating excuses

And pointing to old wounds

And getting distracted

And ignoring my voice

When I whisper your name.

I need you to hear me

When I say that

I love you.

But I will not let my words stand alone--

Even though my Word is enough.

I will romance your heart until there

Can be no doubt--

Now

Or ever--

That I would die,

And have died,

Just

For you.

I need you to understand

When my actions proclaim throughout the cosmos that

I love you.

And I will not stop reminded you of how utterly

And fully

And unchangingly

And deeply

I love you.

And I will not stop pursuing the heart

That I set beating in your chest

As I push the blood through your veins

And bring the color to your cheeks--

A sweet blush of understanding--

When I tell you that you are worth more than you think.

I need you to stop giving your love

To everything that tries to compare

To how much

I love you.

Because I am a jealous lover.

And I will not take you

So divided.

I will not have you

Part of the way.

I will not be satisfied

With anything short of everything.

I need you to grasp

What I poured out

Just to have the chance to tell you that

I love you.

I want you to know that I delight

In your laughter,

That I weep when

You cry.

I want you to know that your wounded spirit

Has not gone unnoticed.

And I want you to know that your heartaches

Will not go un-soothed.

I meant what I said

When I wrote your name on the palm of my hand

And whispered to the depths of your soul that

I

Love

You.

Beloved,

I've brought you here

To tell you

That you are precious,

To tell you

That you are pursued,

And to tell you

That you are loved.

Are you listening?