Let Me Near You Tonight

Let Me Near You Tonight 

Just one True moment of Love
will last for days. 

I need to know I am yours, Beloved.

         Can words alone define a relationship? If so, no matter how many words there are, there will never be enough. It is often the million shared spaces in between words that make two people fall in love. Conversely, while words may fail at times, without them, love would falter. Without the ability to say “I love you”, love is an almost, love is in a state of arriving, or love is something not quite. And who wants that? No one. A great book to describe this is David Levithan’s The Lover’s Dictionary, which tells a romance through dictionary entries: “Like all love stories, this one has its romantic moments, but it doesn't take long to realize that the two lovers also have some major problems. The Lover's Dictionary, is not so much a love story as it is a story about love, in all its messy complicated reality,” Levithan says.

Here are two of my favorite entries:

ethereal, adj., You leaned your head into mine, and I leaned my head into yours. Dancing cheek to cheek. Revolving slowly, eyes closed, heartbeat measure, nature’s hum. It lasted the length of an old song, and then we stopped, kissed, and my heart stayed there, just like that.

indelible, adj., That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, down my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising, I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

        One blog I have really enjoyed is One April Morning, and I especially enjoyed author, Laura  Valeries' poem from her entry entitled The One. I have included it below:

I am often asked,

but 

how do you know

he's The One?

as if The One

is a

given

as if there is

A One

Person

For

Everybody

as if there is

any way

of knowing

I reply,

I don't!

but 

even so

I love him

and

he loves me

and

we're

happiest

when we're

together

that's all

that really

matters

not whether

there may be

someone else

out there

who could

conceivably be

a more talented

cook

(impossible)

or give me

better

Christmas presents

(highly doubtful)

or

have more patience

for my

complete

disinterest

in

housework

(yes,

maybe)

or be

different

in any infinite

number of

ways

because

if you think

like that

nobody

could

ever

choose

anyone

and because

what is love

but

the act of choosing?

the true magic

isn't fate

or destiny

or certainty

but

the lack of it

jumping

off the cliff

hand-in-hand

knowing

that you are

leaving

countless

possibilities

in your wake

but not

caring

because

this person

by your side

is just

so

damn

lovely

the true magic

is

the

mutual

yes

I think you're

wonderful

let's be

friends

and lovers

and share

our lives

and treat each other

with kindness

and tenderness

and love

he is

The One

for me

not because

he is

The Only One

I could have chosen

but because

I want him

more than I want

the possibility

of anyone

else

and he wants me

too

we're

happiest

when we're

together

ten years

later

that's all

that really

matters

            There is no way of knowing who The One is for you, probably because the truth, however unromantic it may be to hear, is that there are many The Ones. The great part is, there is another Truth, which she nailed: “I love him and he loves me and we're happiest when we're together…ten years later, that's all that really matters."

            If you can sit with someone without a fancy meal, or a wonderful destination, or an awesome plan, or a captivating movie, or any fanfare...if you can just sit with them because they light an inner spark and because their company is your joy, it is love. The original definition of "courage" was from the Latin root cor (heart) which means: to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. I think that is what love is as well...if you can tell your story and someone appreciates all the chapters that came before them and cannot wait to add to the future chapters, it is love. If you find your thoughts drift to them in silent moments, if you find something in yourself that seems more alive, more awaken, if you just want to be near them tonight, it is love. 

 Happy Valentine's Day! <3

Today Was A Fairytale (2010), Taylor Swift