I wrote this today. It’s called “why I love you”.

you asked me once 
suspended over a chasm of grief 
why I loved you 
I couldn't string the words around you to tell you then
so I shall attempt to tell you now 

you are a lavender field 
earth still wet from spring rain
and loving you is learning to dance again 
hair still wet through the rows of flowers on 
these crippled legs 
no matter how long it takes to get the steps right
no matter how long it takes to move without falling 
you are a game of chance 
and loving you is taking the tenderest risk I've 
ever known 
loving you is lilac, pale blue, and gold like the 
subtle ring around your irises when you look at 
me

loving you is slow mornings and evenings that 
always seem to go too fast 
loving you is enough memories to fill a Martian 
year and enough emotion to fill an entire planet 
loving you is savoring 1001 days and nights 
for all they're worth and never, ever taking each 
other for granted
loving you is allowing myself to be broken open
and reborn, again and again 
loving you is allowing you to do the same 
and loving you is meeting the people you love 
(because it's never just been us against 
this crazy world)
and finding that I trust you even more after doing 
so because they're some of the finest people 
I've ever known 

you are multiverses 
you are adventure 
you are passion and fire 
you are the ripple of time dancing 
you are everything and nothing at once 
loving you is learning to hold all of that
in a single touch (and God does it feel so good) 
I bet everything I had and then some on you
because the moment I saw you, I knew I was 
yours 
and I would fucking do it again in a heartbeat 
that is why I love you. 
-Allēna 12/1/2025