16.
That’s how many bible verses made me
fall to my knees and scrap my skin
in your name.
I think I talk to God about you
more than I do about myself.
15.
Love songs that take me back to the
first time you said my name,
it sounded like home.
I’d like to move in and spend a lifetime
in between your hallways.
14.
Days was the longest I’d gone without
telling you that I missed you.
I thought I was doing too much
again and I thought you’d run,
of which you did, but in my direction.
13.
Times I’ve told you that it was the
last kiss before you left my sight
knowing very well I was lying.
I like being close to you.
You’re simple, yet so amazing.
My being aches for you presence.
12.
Minutes spent starring at you
because I genuinely can’t believe
you’ve been placed here for me
to engulf with affection.
I like holding you, a lot. Your
touch is my guilty pleasure.
11.
Pictures taken at a time. 6
of them deleted because you
were too busy being you.
Wild, loud and when people
aren’t looking our way,
a little kinky.
10.
Handwritten letters I’ve bled for you
with this ink used by a blind man
for the sweetest gestures
in an untidy handwriting.
9.
Hours spent a time in each other’s
presence. Stolen kisses, holding
hands and using our eyes to
speak a language only we know.
9.
The first day you called me baby.
9.
The first time I actually
believed in miracles.
9.
Nine. A number that has
no direct link to the both
of us, but somehow matters,
because you matter, to me.
8.
The number of times you’ve
told me that you’re toxic and
that you might hurt me, but I
couldn’t care as I see
the greatness in you.
7.
Moments when I relished
in your beauty and had
to call my tongue to order
as it would utter secrets
I’d prefer hidden, for now.
6.
Months into it and I might
have been ready to staple
my last name across your
first.
5.
Thats the number of times
you’ve seeked refuge in my
shoulder when you were in distress
5.
Times I’ve kissed your forehead,
held your hand and reminded you
that it’ll all worked out and that you
shouldn’t stress.
4.
Wraps shared between us
for our first lunch date. A Heineken
and lemonade to wash down
what’s left, and a walk
hand in hand as the cherry
on top.
3.
Months spent convincing you
that your eggs don’t deserve
to be fertilized anywhere else
but here.
2.
That’s how many times I’ve been
dismissive without you being
aware and I’m sorry.
2.
You’ve told me that I’m an asshole twice
and we laughed about it afterwards
1.
The best day. The graceful day. The
“Nobody else matters, but my baby.” day.
Your day.
1.
The child we’re going to have that will
be as magical as you are to me.
1.
Bedroom for our first place together
as we’ll barely be home.
1.
A thousand of my prayers have been
answered in one. You.