I CHOOSE YOU

The night moves slow, the city’s breathing

Your name rests easy on my tongue

I’ve learned that love’s not always speaking

Sometimes it stays, and waits, and hums

I’ve walked through noise, I’ve known confusion

I’ve held on just to prove I could

But standing here, without illusion

I finally know what’s good

No promises wrapped in forever

No fear dressed up as fate

Just two hearts learning how to weather

Whatever comes too late

I choose you

Not when it’s perfect, not when it’s new

I choose you

When the silence is heavy, and words won’t do

I don’t need answers carved in stone

Or every road already shown

I’m here not because I have to

I stay, because I choose you

Your world is loud, I feel you drowning

Behind the strength you always wear

I won’t ask you to stop your falling

I’ll just be here, right where I am

I don’t love you for who you’ll turn into

Or for the man you try to be

I love the truth you’re walking through

Even when it’s hard to see

I won’t mistake your need for space

As love that’s slipping by

Some things are said in quiet ways

No flash, no reason why

I choose you

In tired mornings and restless nights

I choose you

When the timing’s wrong, but the heart is right

If all you have is part of you

I’ll take that part I’ll take it true

I’m here not waiting for proof

I stay, because I choose you

If loving me feels heavy sometimes

If life pulls harder than my hand

Know this I’m not asking you to run

Just to know where I stand

I choose you

Not out of fear, not out of flame

I choose you

Even if loving me stays the same

No games, no lines to drag you through

Just something real, something true

I’m not holding on to lose

I stay… because I choose you

So take your time

Breathe when you need to

I’m not going anywhere…

I’ve already chosen you