How I Know Love!

When I can't wait to tell you,

How much I love you

inspite of the inopportune surroundings

When others see in me

what I haven't seen yet!

When you let me hold your hand

trusting me with your life.

When we hold each other close

in our worst and good times

When we don't agree

and give space to argue our beliefs

never once fading the love we feel

When we are the mirrors

to each other's darkest fears

When we don't fear being honest

and knowing we will not be hurting each other

When we hold space

for each other when the other 

is at their learning edge

When we spend a whole year

searching for the right furniture

because everything we saw just didn't feel right

When we discover love 
at the unlikeliest of places

in crowds

and in the stolen moments

When we want each other to live our dreams

for we know they are important to us

When we see through each other

Help each see the reality

that we blur with our insecurities

When we uphold our beliefs

and our value system 

in the little things we do and say

in our daily lives

When we discover the simplicity of our being,

In the romance we find in our chosen lifestyle

In the rains that drench us in pursuit for our dreams

In the choices we make to living scarcely and responsibly

In the stray puppies we adopt and spoil them to bits

In our discoveries together,

of how much we have grown as human beings

and the way we help each other connect with our souls

In how much we are different,

thousands of my friends as opposed to your few

In your books and my movies

In your cocooned weekends and mine that are packed

In your reflections and my busyness

In your love for shoes and mine for comics

In your love for board games and mine for mindless television

In this and more,

I have learnt to know you and learn to know love 

through you!

~ 26th November 2012. Dedicated to my love.