working things out

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Dreams We Have Spun Together

My Darling…
Every day I become a little more sure that you love and want me, and me alone above all others. There are moments when doubt comes, but I vanquish them by remembering how my belief in the dreams we have spun together!

From “Letters to a Young Poet” by Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke
0712061851021couple1cEDITBelieve in a love
that is being
stored up
for you like
an inheritance,
and have faith
that in this love
there is
a strength
and a blessing
so large
that you can
travel as far
as you wish
without having to
step outside it.

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Wonderful and Unnerving

Sweetheart…
I never dreamed I’d love again much less this deeply. Being with you is teaching me I never truly let go and gave all my self before. The newness of loving you so much is wonderful and unnerving at the same time.

From an author unknown/anonymous writer
898996f5116879b788abe199885008af-188786783-1300536003-4d849ac3-620x348The best kind
of people
are the ones
that come
into your life,
and make you see
the sun where you
once saw clouds.
The people who
believe in you
so much, you start
to believe
in you too.
The people that
love you,
simply for
being you.
The once in a
lifetime kind
of people.

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With All I Am Capable

My Darling…
I get afraid at times. I fret that I might love you too much and you might not love me enough. Regardless, I am facing my fears. They are about my past and not about you. With all the love I am capable my heart is open to you.

From the song “Living of Love” by The Avett Brothers
8085402-special-red-heart-on-layers-of-gold-heartsYour heart
says not again;
What kind
of mess
have you
got me in;
But when
the feelings
there,
It can lift
you up a
and take
you anywhere.

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The Biggest Piece

My Darling…
In the difficult moments is when loves proves itself truest. We have faced challenges that a weaker relationship would have faltered under, but we became closer. Tested love that endures strengthens with each trial.

American fiction writer of eleven novels Sarah Dessen
WwW_IRAQNA1_CoM (45)No relationship is perfect, ever.
There are always some ways
you have to bend,
to compromise,
to give something up in order
to gain something greater…
The love we have
for each other is bigger
than these small differences.
And that’s the key.
It’s like a big pie chart,
and the love in a relationship
has to be the biggest piece.
Love can make up for a lot.

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Made Stronger

My Darling…
Love does not always move in a straight line. Sometimes it takes a leap forward or backward when tested. From difficulty love either withers or is made stronger by what is overcome; as we have.

By an anonymous writer / author unknown
Happy coupleEveryone says love hurts,
but that is not true.
Loneliness hurts.
Rejection hurts.
Losing someone hurts.
Envy hurts.
Everyone gets these things
confused with love.
But in reality love
is the only thing
in this world
that covers up
all the pain
and makes someone
feel wonderful again.

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I Love Thee

My Dear…
Can you love me as much as I love you? Can you express your emotions freely? Don’t be afraid! Every loving thought uttered or shown will come back to you multiplied. The more you open yourself to me, the more open to you I become.

19th Century English Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
love handHow do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
I love thee
to the depth
and breadth
and height
My soul can reach…
I love thee freely…
I love thee purely…
I love thee
with the breath,
Smiles, tears,
of all my life!

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What You’ve Given Me

My Darling…
With a love new like I have felt for no other you are etched in my heart. Humbly I pray any challenges to our love will be vanquished so in a life together we can give the world hope with our tender joy, fiery passion and unbreakable bond.

By American novelist, screenwriter and producer Nicholas Sparks
Love-locks-of-Shoreditch_detail2_by-Amy-FreebornEDITThe best love
is the kind
that awakens
the soul
and makes
us reach
for more,
that plants
a fire
in our hearts
and brings peace
to our minds.
And that’s what
you’ve given me.

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Who Are You?

My Darling…
Day by day I come to know you better. Don’t be afraid. Don’t hesitate. Trust me. All you have to do to let me fall deeper for you is unveil all you kept hidden from the others.

From song “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking” by Lee/Wiggins
823Who are you
when I’m not
around?
When the door
is locked
and the shades
are down?
Do you listen
to your music
quietly?
And when it feels
just right,
are you
thinkin’ of me?

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I’ll Wait…

Love…
…gives me patient strength. I know you have things to work through and commitments to keep. No matter; I’ll keep waiting for you, hoping for ‘some day’. I have no choice. I’m so in love with you my heart will allow nothing else.

By James Frey/Jobie Hughes under pseudonym ‘Pittacus Lore’
man-waitingI don’t
know where
you have to go
or what you
have to do,
but I’ll wait
for you..
Every bit
of my heart
belongs to you,
whether
you ask for it
or not.”

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Loving the Distance

Love…
…is patient and tolerant. It allows one to give the other person time and space to work through things alone. Standing by while ready to offer support and help at any moment is one of the greatest illustrations of love (you have proven it to me).

By German poet Rainer Maria Rilke
Once the realization
is accepted
that even between
the closest human beings
infinite distances continue,
a wonderful living side by side
can grow, if they succeed
in loving the distance
between them
which makes it possible
for each to see the other
whole against the sky.