maturity and giggles

i watch you sleeping naked
in the bed right next to me
your breasts are flat upon your chest
i caress you tenderly

i watch you rise and don a robe
and turn back for a smile
you disappear from the room
i think of everything for a while

i hear you making coffee
downstairs as you sing
almost like a party there
but I don't have anything to bring

i hear you talking to the cats
'my puppies, i made this all for you!'
the sound of your laughter
like wedding bells in june

i know how much you love me
by everything you never say
the way you touch my hair at dinner
never mentioning the gray

and this is love
like it should be
this is love
between you and me
this is something older
wiser truer strong
this something more real
than i expected to come along
this is love
in black and white
this is love
day and night
and you can say forever
that's ok by me
just call it love
then what will be will be.