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