If you ever really want to love and be loved.
You must choose to love in every tense.
You see, it is not enough that I love you now.
To love someone in an instant is easy.
I've loved the sun at her most vibrant.
I've loved the trees when they offer me shade.
I've loved the wind when it takes my breath away.
But love has little to do with stolen breath.
It is to love the trees in winter, when their bones are all that's left.
It is to love the sun from the moment it arrives to the moment that it sets.
So this is what I mean when I say I love you.
I mean that I love you in every moment.
And I love you for the rest.
I love you in past, present, future tense. I love you when you have everything to offer and when you have nothing left.
Every version of you that you are, from your rise to your set.
I love you now and now and now.