I STILL LOVE YOU

The last 8 years have witnessed me spending Valentine’s Day at the office, staring out the window and listening to the radio churn out one love song after the other as I prayed that the ridiculous traffic caused by fast foods and fancy restaurant patrons would abate so I can go home and get some sleep.

Not that I was going through some form of misery, I just didn’t see any reason why out of an entire 365/366 days in a year, one must take out one day for a display/ declaration of love to his  or her partner. So what happens to the rest of the year then?

I believe in love and when I love, I love hard and well because I have decided that the man in my life is definitely worth my love. With him, every day is Valentine’s Day and I honestly don’t need to take out one day to show him that he’s special and that I love him so much.

Anyway, in the spirit of ‘Valentine’s day’ I have decided to put my thoughts into writing with this piece called ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’.  It’s not poetry or in any way an attempt at it but an honest and sincere outpouring of my inner self.

So here goes:

In my brightest of days,

When Heaven is smiling on me and all I do

I stop to think of you and I know for certain

That I do love you

When you send me texts that make me smile

When I get messages from you that tickles me silly

In every day and in every little way I’m reminded

That I do love you

When everything is looking good

And we feel like we’re on-top of the world

Through the champagne and the caviar life.

I still love you.

Life will not always be great.

The sun will not always shine

There will be tumultuous periods

But I still want you know that through it all,

I still love you

When you’re going through a bad time

And it seems like the storm is fiercely against you.

When life brings you to your knees and wants to break you.

Just know that you’ve got me like I’ve got you and that

I still love you.

When I’m under a lot of pressure

And I feel like being left alone.

There’s nothing for you to worry about

Because baby,

I still love you

When one or both of us is in a bad mood

And we get mad over the littlest of things

When we fight over stuff so inconsequential

And words that hurt are said

I want you to know

That I still love you

When the honeymoon is over

And the babies come along

Through changing diapers, sleepless nights and tested patience

I still love you

When the bills are as high as a skyscraper

And it seems like they’re not coming down

Remember we’re in this together

And I’m definitely sticking around

My love is true, my love is constant

Through the sunshine and the rain

It weathers all storms, it triumphs in trials

On it you can depend, no room for doubts or denials

When the years have gone by

And all the kids have left home

When gone are the flat abdominals & wrinkle free faces

And in its place are crowns lined with grey hair & ‘muffin tops’

When being picture perfect doesn’t matter any more

Neither does wearing the latest in fashion.

I’m there to hold your hand, I’m there to assure you

That truly and in all honesty,

I still love you.