Three Little Words

It was as soon as it ended that it began....

There was something that caught me; 

Your eyes were soft, your spirit strong. 

You called me wildly beautiful and I felt butterflies come to life inside me. 

I felt myself falling for you and it was terrifying.

I kept telling myself that it was too soon. 

I needed to keep dating, to keep searching...

The dating apps reminded me daily that there are more out there. 

But I didn't need more.  

You told me your biggest life transition even before we met in person...

I thought it would scare me, but it intrigued me. 

Then something changed when I met you that night at the cafe.

You were kind. 

You were present. 

You were above all my expectations. 

I knew it was special when I could cry laugh with you and not even worry who was around us. 

Then we met at the park and I absorbed your history as if it was my own. 

My heart grew the more you talked. 

I felt a way that I never knew could exist again.

I know things with you that I never knew before. 

Three little words. 

The more time we spent the louder they got.

Three little words.

You listened to me and remembered things that I didn't even know I told you. 

Three little words.

You gave me love in ways that I was missing for years. 

It was as if God had actually cared about me enough to bring you into my life. 

I felt I could breathe. 

I felt happy. 

I felt joy. 

Three little words.

Call it God, call it life, call it karma, call it whatever you want;

All I care to know is that:

 I love you.