The Love She Deserves

She deserves a love that does not make her guess,
a love that speaks in effort, warmth, and tenderness.
Not something hidden, hesitant, or halfway shown,
but something steady enough to make her feel known.

She deserves the date already planned,
the thought behind the place, the reaching for her hand.
The message in the middle of an ordinary day,
sent for no reason except to make her smile that way.

She deserves reassurance without having to plead,
love notes tucked quietly where she might read.
A song sent because one lyric sounded like her name,
a small surprise that says, I thought of you today.

She deserves the little things.

The coffee remembered exactly right.
The forehead kiss before goodnight.
The story she told weeks ago brought up again,
proof that her words did not disappear back then.

She deserves someone who listens deeply enough
to remember what she loves and what she finds tough.
Someone who notices when her energy shifts,
who understands affection is built from ordinary gifts.

She deserves to be held on the beautiful days,
when laughter comes easily and sunlight stays,
and held even tighter when the world turns gray,
when she has nothing charming or easy to say.

She deserves quality time that feels deliberate,
not squeezed into whatever moments happen to fit.
Someone who makes room because seeing her matters,
who does not offer scraps from a schedule in tatters.

She deserves effort she never has to decode,
someone willing to travel the inconvenient road.
To choose the longer drive, rearrange the day,
because wanting time with her should show in some way.

She deserves to be celebrated, not concealed,
to know affection is something openly revealed.
To be spoken of proudly, held close in the light,
not treated like something that only exists out of sight.

She deserves spontaneous laughter, ridiculous plans,
songs in the car and interlocking hands.
A thousand tiny moments no one else would see,
the quiet architecture of intimacy.

She deserves someone protective of her heart,
not possessive, not controlling, not tearing it apart.
Someone who guards the trust she places inside,
who makes her feel safest standing at his side.

Someone who understands that love is not grand
only when there are flowers or diamonds in hand.
Love is remembering.
Love is showing up.
Love is noticing when her world has become too much.

Love is a thousand intentional things
that never require an audience or diamond rings.
It is consistency whispered through every day,
You matter to me. I am not going away.

Because she will love like an ocean given the shore,
with depth no shallow heart could ever ignore.
She will remember your wounds, your fears, your dreams,
and love every complicated space in between.

She will make room for your silence and celebrate your voice,
stand beside you in struggle and honor your choice.
She will give loyalty, tenderness, passion, and trust,
not because she is naive, but because loving deeply is just
the way her heart was built.

So she should never apologize
for wanting love she can actually recognize.

She deserves someone who tries.
Someone who stays.
Someone who chooses her in tangible ways.

Someone who does not merely say, You are mine,
but proves, through ordinary moments and time:

I see you.
I know you.
I thought of you today.

And most of all,

I will handle your heart
with the same care
you give mine.

Custom Order

If i was made for you,
why was it so easy to walk away?
If I’m custom made,
I shouldn’t be returned.

You went with the used,
and this order is delayed.
Picked up and mislaid,
Forever adjourned.

I was built to fit the shape of your hands,
but you dropped me effortlessly.
I fell to all your commands,
and you left me carelessly.

Tailored to fit you perfectly,
but swapped for the one that doesn’t fit.
It played out so deliberately,
and wishing you would’ve commit.

Custom made is the most expensive price,
never find the perfect match.
Always looking for the fine details,
which you’ll never find in another.

Now you’ll have your final vice,
while wishing you could detach.
Not appreciating what custom made entails,
but hopefully you’re happy with the other.

What You Didn’t Keep

Resilience of nature after an Ice Age
Emotional depth of the unexplored oceans
Giving like the infinite time
Support of a foundation-sturdy and strong
A guiding path of a compass
Heartbeats that are loyal to life
Laughter that provides sunshine on dark days
Dedication of the roots deep into the soil
Passion of earth’s magma uncontrollably bursting
Attraction of the tide to the moon
Warmth of the hearth in the coldest winter
Love of the vow chosen and kept
Understanding as a lens four a better view
Reflective of the trees that dance on a calm lake
Strength of a mountain growing with resistance
Motivation of a spark that burns the fuel
Calm of the deep breath relaxing before bed
Giggles that escape seeing confetti fall
Carefree as a bird in the summer air
Loyalty outlasting the North Star
Bravery as a soldier guarding the Unknown Soldier
Protector from all of life’s weathered storms
Beautiful as the Northern Lights
Rarer than nature’s made snowflake
Trustworthy bedrock-never shifting
Kind like sunlight through dark clouds
Dependable as a lighthouse, guiding ships
Respectful let’s voice in a quiet library
Patient water wearing down stone
Wise old maps that tell history
Curious with childlike growth
Encouraging like the wind pushing on your back
Reliable just as the earth turns
Fair like a perfectly balanced scale