This Love, This Drowning
I love you.
More than anything I’ve ever known,
More than I can hold inside these quiet bones.
Each second of the day,
You live in my mind like breath
But sometimes I forget…
You’re not me.
You’re your own being,
And I want all of you,
Everything you are,
Even the parts that don’t belong to me.
You say you admire beauty
You notice, you look
But my eyes stopped working
For anyone but you.
We’ve been married a long time.
Yet still,
Ten years in,
Your footsteps at the door
Make my heart race like I’m sixteen again.
I see beauty in everything you do.
It terrifies me.
Because what if I love you more than you love me?
What if one day,
You see someone else’s glow
And mine feels… dim?
You’ve shown me love
So much love.
But fear is louder than logic
When love runs this deep.
How do I unlove you,
Even for a second
Just enough to breathe?
I feel like I’ve fallen into a well,
And instead of climbing out,
I just keep sinking.
And every time I look at you,
I drown a little more.
Tell me…
What do I do
With a love this heavy,
This pure,
This haunting?
Copyright © Rashida DP | Year Posted 2025
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