How will I know that I love you?

You will know you love me when you awake each day with thoughts of me
when each night you dread the thought of my absence.

You will know you love me when the thought of me in your future is constant
and the thought of your future without me is non-existent.

You will know you love me when my fatal flaws are no longer fatal
when my idiosyncracies make you smile

You will know you love me when my smile is your smile
and my tears are your tears

You will know you love me when you want to give me the world
but you know i'd never ask for it

You will know you love me when you're unsure which compulsion is stronger
wanting to hold me or wanting to wait

You will know you love me when "family" includes mine too
and my family extends to yours

You will know you love me when you love me
when you spend the rest of your life figuring out why you love me so much.

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