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I love you the way I loved the 14-year old boy you once were, naively, fearlessly.

I love you and how you can be rowdy, rough yet gentle at times.

I love the way you glance at me, stare down, and look at me again as if we are strangers.

You drive me insane but hold me together whenever I feel like giving up.

You make my heart do cartwheels and my mind irrational.

You inspire me, effortlessly.

Your smile is my comfort, it gives me faith that each day I wake up things will be just fine.

I love you in every way that you are, for every dream that you have.

I think of you when we’re together, with longing when we’re apart.

I love you for being with me for staying, for being my imperfectly perfect man.

-Oct. 8, 2014