i want to be in love

what i want for valentine’s day is really simple.
it’s not a trip to the virgin islands, or a flower delivery, or jewelry.

what i want is you running the bathwater when i come home too late and too tired. you trusting me with your confidences and me being the first person you think to call with good news, and bad news too. you fixing a cup of coffee in the morning better than i could myself, knowing so exactly what i like and how i like it (and that goes for other things too). what i want is to always have you taking care of me: opening the car door, and lighting my cigarettes, and telling the waitress what i want, and, you know, i could go on and on...

what i want is to fall asleep touching you, my hand pressed against your chest, my lips inches from you neck. and when you aren’t there, i want to feel it even in my sleep, that you are missing.

what i want is to genuinely love and appreciate and enjoy you every day of the year, and not have christmas or my birthday or valentine’s day be any different.

this valentine’s day, and every day, what i want is exactly what i already have.