When I think of love,
I think of your smile
I think of your eyes as the edges
Crease when you find something delightful,
I think of your cheeks
And how they plump whenever
You find something funny
And you can't seem to stop laughing about it,
I think of your hand
And how they've helped a lot of
People in need
How they stretched out a myriad of times
To reach out and make lives a bit
Easier

When I think of love
I think of everything we've been through
Where every memory of you seems
Peculiarly vivid
as if they happened yesterday
All at once
At a heartbeat
In a seconds' rule;

When I think of love
I remember the unfinished bowls
Of ice cream
The last pieces of pizza we just can't
Seem to finish,
The last chicken wing
Not one of us would bother
To claim

When I think of love
I remember the countless times
You held doors open for me
The times where you placed me first
The times when you asked me about my day and how it went
And that you wanted to know
My thoughts

When I think of love
I remember the little things you asked me to do
I remember the succinct hi's and formal hellos
I remember the late night walks
And distinct goodbyes
I remember the moments
When I thought there was something between us and yet there was none,
I remember when i felt we were everything all at once
and yet were just what we were,
What we are
What we'll never become

When I think of love
I think of your name and that it exists in the universe with you as its beautiful bearer
I think of you and the simple things that make you smile
I think of you and the silent wishes of your heart

When I think of love
I think of the countless times I almost said
How much i liked you
But decided to let the wind take its toll,
Leaving my words to disperse with the thousands of molecules that wend with the breath of the trees,
I think of the moments when i wanted to show the world how much this heart screams for your name
But I ended up with a string of unsaid words bottled up in my chest

When I think of love
I think of you
And that in my remembering
The love only grows
Stronger.