Roses on the table
Petals on the floor
Candles burn too steady
Like they’ve done this before

I wrote your name in ribbon
Folded it in red
Valentine’s is simple
When you know what’s meant

Chocolate in a silver box
Unopened, untouched
I don’t need sweet things
I already have enough

You look so nervous
When I get that quiet
But I only get quiet
When I’m deciding

They don’t love you like I do
They don’t see the cracks
They don’t know the way your voice
Softens when you lie

I know every version
Of you that exists
I memorized the shape
Of your hesitation

Every “forever” you said
I kept it
Every promise
I counted

You thought those words
Were decoration
I thought they were
Binding

Be mine
Only mine
Say it like a vow

Be mine
Only mine
You don’t need them now

I’ll keep your world small
I’ll keep it warm
No one gets inside

Be mine
Only mine
Let me be your Valentine

Your phone lights up
You turn it over
You don’t have to
I already know

I don’t get angry
I get careful
I don’t shout
I close

Love isn’t loud
It’s patient
It waits until you understand

You don’t have to choose me
I already chose you
That’s enough

I made space in my life
For your breathing
For your doubt
For your fear

And I can remove
Anything that competes
With me

You call it intense
I call it devotion

You call it too much
I call it honest

Be mine
Only mine
Say it slow this time

Be mine
Only mine
Let the others fade behind

I’ll keep your heart safe
Right here
Right where I can see

Be mine
Only mine
That’s how love should be

You don’t need anyone else
They don’t understand you

They don’t know how you shake
When you think you’re alone

I do

I know what scares you
I know what breaks you
I know what keeps you awake

And I’ll be the only thing
You wake up to

Be mine
Only mine
Don’t make this hard

Be mine
Only mine
I’ve already given you my heart

I’ll keep the lights low
I’ll keep the door locked

Be mine
Only mine

Be mine
Only mine

You said forever

Only mine