To You...

This love I have inside
I cannot possibly hide.
It consumes me
in every way; completely.
I didn't plan this
or even want it.
I was through with love
had finally had enough.
I was hurt often and terribly
though my scars no one could see.
You came along from nowhere at all
and made me once again stand tall.
I'd been ignored for so long,
I'd begun to think something was wrong.
I'd been treated like dirt
and couldn't afford more hurt.
I believed myself ugly
and truly unworthy
of a guy sweet and right
who would actually fight
to keep me around,
so at the sound
of those three words
I'd always heard
but never believed
spoken from you to me,
I was shocked and surprised
and finally realized:
What if he's real
and this IS how he feels?
I've thought and thought
but I guess I should not
doubt you anymore
after words of more.
Those five or six words
that could hurt even worse.
I fell hard but not too fast
and all this time, our love lasts.
You stayed true
and meant "I love you"
when you said it
and don't even regret
having someone like me
my crazyness so easy to see.
You loved me from the start
and along the way stole my heart.
I don't want it back
because I have your's (though it's cracked)
Mine was bruised, battered, broken, and torn
but can hopefully be reborn
from and through our shared love
comparable to nothing but the skies above.
At times it's dark with shining light
for all the days and every night.
Sometimes, it's a bright, beautiful blue
all because of me and you.
But the best are when it can't be described
by anyone if they tried.
When a rainbow forms
after a thunderstorm.
Our love keeps me going
and my heart growing;
repairing itself along the way
all because we choose to stay.
I hope I've done the same for you
with my feelings so honestly true.
After all this time I can finally say
-finally, wholeheartedly, lovingly, blissfully, wonderfully say-
Baby, I love you and I wouldn't have it *any* other way. <3 ^-^