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Chapter 109 - POEM 109 : I Don’t Just Love You, I Build With You

I'm not here

just to feel something.

I'm here

to create something.

With you.

Not temporary—

not fragile—

but something

that doesn't fall apart

when life gets serious.

Because love—

real love—

isn't just

late-night talks

and stolen glances.

It's responsibility.

It's showing up

when you're tired.

It's choosing each other

when everything else

is easier.

And I want that.

With you.

Yes, I'll flirt—

I'll tease you

until you roll your eyes,

I'll say things

that make your heart race

a little faster than usual.

But beneath all that—

there's a promise

I don't say lightly.

That I won't disappear

when things become real.

That I won't love you

only when it's convenient.

That I won't treat you

like something temporary

in a permanent world.

Because you're not.

You're someone

I see a future with.

And I don't say that

to impress you.

I say that

because it's true.

I imagine days

where we argue

and still choose each other.

Days where we're tired

but still sit together

in silence

that feels like peace.

Days where love

isn't exciting—

but steady.

And that's the kind of love

I want to give you.

Not loud—

but lasting.

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