The Real You

Before we met, I thought I knew how deeply I could fall for you your voice, your heart, your gentle grace had long become my favorite place

but now I’ve held your hand in mine watched your brown eyes softly shine I’ve heard your laughter fill the air and found a greater beauty there

you didn’t simply meet my dreams or match the picture they had drawn you gently walked beyond them all like sunlight breaking through the dawn

I loved the woman I imagined then I love the one I know far more I’ve never been so sure as when my love grows stronger than before.