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His star-spangled pride was
everything you never thought
you could possibly have been
pulled into by.

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You were my forever before we had promised each other to be. You were my light at the end of a long, winding tunnel.

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This might sound like a list of nothings to you, but this list right here, it means everything to me.

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This story is cliché and overdone. It’s every romantic comedy ever. For women, it’s the solace after a breakup as they cry and binge on ice cream.

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Love is not understanding what you’re feeling because there isn’t a word in the English language to describe what you feel.

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You saw through my faults, struggles, heartache, imperfections and found grace inside them. I fell in love with you, because I couldn’t wait to figure out who that person you were looking at, was.

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By seeing couples around me and observing their actions I’ve come to the realization that true love isn’t romantic or a result of the cutesy-names the two of you give to each other. It is not about the chocolates or flowers.

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And I made a decision after that night that you were in the passenger seat with our song playing on the radio and my eyes not on the road but on you, waiting for you to look and you did.

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We’d be an odd and unlikely pair, but I bet everyone would root for us. We’d probably fall apart, but I bet I’d never regret you.

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Your heart is my home and my forever shelter where the darkest hours turn into the brightest form of daylight.