Yours

I need to tell you
that I am completely devoted to this,
to you and I,
to the promise of a future
spent in the grace of your company
where every day
is filled with opportunities
to show you just how much I care.

Oh, baby,
it sure can be pretty complicated sometimes,
but I will always be here
and there is no doubt
that your arms are the only ones
I wish to feel,
that your kiss is the only one I long to taste,
that you
are the only home I ever want to know.

And there's a million little pieces to this puzzle,
but isn't the picture beautiful?
My dreams have changed with age,
battles against evil kings and the pursuit of lost treasure
have given way
to the image of you laying beside me,
the orange glow of a summer sun
setting behind our shoulders
while children run through the yard,
fireflies abuzz with laughter.

I want everything,
each shade of dark as much as each beam of light,
the chaos of your every day
and the calm of you asleep beside me,
I want to dive into the middle
of the mess you're always warning me about,
be the immovable stone
in the middle of that tempestuous sea
with all of you
washing over all of me.

For so long as you will
be stirred by the rhythm of my heart,
drawn to the call of my soul,
you've got me;
wholly, completely, fully --
all of me
will always be yours.