i wish i could just get it right.

i never understood love until i met you.

i never understood happiness until i heard your laugh.

i never understood beauty until i saw your lovely face.

i never understood what i was worth until you showed me.

i was never one for futures until i saw you in mine.

stars never felt like connections until we spoke of our undying love,

of our connection,

of our souls in terms of stardust.

i never knew anger until that boy touched you.

i never knew sadness until you were gone.

i had never felt loneliness until you left.

i had never felt unrelenting joy until you came back again.

i never thought of myself as something special,

until you showed me how i could shine.

i never knew tears until i felt them pour down my face,

your goodbye hanging in the air like death.

i had never laughed until you made fun of me.

i'd never said i love you until i said it to you.

my heart never broke until you were with someone else.

my heart never mended until you put it back together.

i had never heard music until you sang to me.

my heart had never beat until you made it so.

i had gone my whole life without living;

until i met you.

i don't think i have ever been this messed up. but i don't think i've ever been this in love. each day with you is an adventure. each moment we spend is a puzzle i would like to figure out. each second i get to call you mine will last a lifetime.

believe me when i say i will never let you go.

-james.