My fear of losing you courses through my veins,

Every minute making me turn to see if you’re still there.

I feel like you’re a ghost—distant and cold,

Why would you be so unfair?

Then I think of all that you said,

The love and warmth I’ve longed for all my life.

I think of the time we spent together,

Laughing and loving without strife—

Another thought crosses my mind,

And I know this isn’t you.

You love me and cherish me,

No matter what your love always grew—

With this thought in my head,

I realize you haven’t betrayed me—

You’ve done everything for me,

Not once hesitating to think—

Then one day,

You melted my heart—

Slowly you got down on one knee and took out a box,

A small box, it was, but made of silky velvet—

“Marry me,” you said,

And my heart fluttered wildly—

I thought “Could this be true?

Is this really happening to me?”—

It was, and it was a dream,

Nothing like I ever could have imagined—

The small blood red stone set in a gold band sparkled up at me,

Winking as if teasing me to take it—

And I did,

Because I love you—

Why do I love you?

I don’t know, there’s just something about you—

It may be the way you walk,

The way you talk—

Or it may be that I feel like a queen when I’m with you,

And a delicate, yet strong lily flower—

That is why I want to keep you here,

To grasp the shield in which I’ve learned to count on—

I need you near,

So please don’t leave me here—