arthur’s seat

Being surrounded by hills, 

Green grass half dried and half alive,

Hundreds of unique plants everywhere,

And you by my side.

A familiarity — a comfort surrounds me

On this “mountain”; the fact that people 

Stood where I am hundreds or thousands

Of years ago — it is incomprehensible.

Our heads in the clouds, 

Wind whistling around,

My heart beating half from the climb, 

And half from the sight of you.

I feel held in a way I’ve never known,

Free in a way I’ve never felt;

Soaring high above all that was,

And seeing so much more.


A bright blue ocean in the distance,

And a city filled with old and new:

Structures with so much history —

Preserved through time and modernized

Pieces embedded into the land without

Interfering with the integrity, with the beauty.

Volcanic rock lining our path,

Each step, each landing,

My heart grows for you. 

I didn’t even know it was possible:

To love you more than I did; 

For my heart to grow bigger

From your gaze, from the feeling

Of your hand in mine.

And we sit. We stay. We take it all in, together.

The beauty of it all, every part of that day

Brings tears to my eyes. 

Because I didn’t know — 

I didn’t know that much beauty was possible,

That all of that love was within me.

And I love and feel and care a lot —

That’s what is crazy about it. 

The idea that there could be more.

So much more I was capable of feeling.

Your gaze, your care, your aura, your soul,

I love it all, I love all of you.

The good, the bad, the difficult, the easy —

It is a choice to love, 

And it’s one that I will always choose.

Because your laugh, your smile,

The way you see the world, 

The way you think, your instincts,

Your everything.

I will choose it every day because 

You are truly wonderful and beautiful,

Kind and genuine,

And I can’t imagine my life without loving you.