Slow steady music flows down the streets of New York 

You just bought your favorite coffee 

All your tasks for the day are checked off 

You head back home to the scent of jasmine  

Your favorite Chinese food waiting for you on the table 

Fresh flowers wait in a vase 

Waiting for your nose to sniff their beautiful scent 

Tall white candles are burning in front of your eyes 

Right behind you is the love of your life  

He welcomes you and pulls out your chair  

You feel an enormous amount of joy just by him being here with you 

The little girl in you is beaming with happiness 

You finally allowed yourself with someone who will be there 

Through sickness and in health 

The person that will kiss you on your forehead  

Before tucking you in because you fell asleep on the couch 

The person that is willing to do something  

Not because you asked them to 

Because they wanted to 

The person that always makes sure you will be okay before leaving for work 

They check up on you and bring you gifts 

Chocolate when your sad 

And a shoulder when your mad 

A person to cry on and protect you from the monsters under your bed 

In this moment as he sits across from you  

You feel nothing more than love 

For once you have a person 

That is always going to remind you of the dream you had as a little girl 

You dreamed of a prince in bright shining armor 

But he came to you with his gear off and with an open heart 

He did everything with you and for you 

He was the man every woman desired 

He always made it clear that he was in love with you 

There was nothing to hide 

The handwritten notes still follow him everywhere 

He always is sure to show everyone a picture of me 

You are the woman that he lays next to at night 

The same woman who he makes dinner reservations for 

You have this feeling  

The feeling of just pure love for someone 

Love for the two of you is simple 

It’s the quick reminders that you love each other 

Or the flowers he leaves for you on your bedside table 

The sticky notes reminding you that you are worth it 

If he was not in your life it would be different 

Not a bad kind of different  

The kind of different that you would still be walking down the streets of New York  

You would still get your favorite coffee 

You would still have flowers waiting for you 

You would order your favorite Chinese 

And you still would write yourself your own reminders 

The only thing that makes it all so different is him 

He makes you feel seen and heard 

So remember you will never be alone 

No matter if you have a significant other 

No matter how far away they are 

You will always have the woman staring in the mirror