The sun filtered in

through the leaves above

Onto my book left open on the grass below,

Forming rings of light that danced along to the wind.

I looked at the picnic blanket

from where I just got up.

My heart filling with love

Just looking at him sleeping peacefully next to me.

People ask, when did I know he was the one.

When I hugged him for the first time,

and peace filled me instantly,

Like this was the home I didn't know I was waiting for.

In beautiful places with no souls around,

On dance floors and live concerts

I long to hold his hand

And dance a silly dance.

In normal everydays of routines

I long for him to be in the next room.

Even his silent invisible presence

Making the mundane a lot more bearable.

He is sleeping peacefully, one elbow over his eyes.

I laid back down, put an arm around him.

He put his palm over mine , still in sleep.

A decade down the lane, he is still the home

I didn't know I was waiting for.