Because

Because you make me feel safe
And safety means freedom
Because you make me feel free
And freedom means peace
With big hands and soft eyes
Because you yearn for better
Because I can see it through your eyes

And Better means passion and walking
one foot in front of the next
even when it feels like I can't walk
Because you danced with me
one night alone in my living room
And I heard you exhale
And your breath meant everything to me
And still does
Because you try
And your trying helps remind me to keep living
That good things happen in small steps
and big breaths
and maybe hope is not all lost

Because you laugh
And sing me '70s love songs in the early morning
when i feel utterly unlovable
because you fill people up
because you fill people up with a certain kind of love
the kind that feels free and like home
the kind of home many people never had
and I get to see their faces look like children again, or
maybe for the first time
Because you are child like when I am too far gone
I get a glimpse of something I'll call happiness
Because you let me love you