Michael

Michael, you're the quiet, steady ground beneath my feet,

Carrying a heavy weight that no one else can see.

February twenty-second, twenty-twenty, we became an "us",

Building up a steady life on grit, humility, and trust.

You're my safe familiar place, my human form of home,

Through every stressful season and the hardest roads we've known.

I love the life we've built, I love the father that you are,

But sometimes in the heavy days, we feel a little far.

I miss the way we used to laugh, the way we used to talk,

Not just surviving every day, but sharing in the walk.

I don't want to go backward, I just want to pull you near,

And find our way back to each other, right now, right here.

I watch you guard our little girls with a tender father's heart,

Lily Mae and Ryleigh Rose, you've loved them from the start.

You show it in your actions, in the quiet things you do,

In the ordinary car rides and the jokes I share with you.

We've poured ourselves out empty, gave everything we had,

But I want to be your wife again, not just mom and dad.

I love the life we've built, I love the father that you are,

But sometimes in the heavy days, we feel a little far.

I miss the way we used to laugh, the way we used to talk,

Not just surviving every day, but sharing in the walk.

I don't want to go backward, I just want to pull you near,

And find our way back to each other, right now, right here.

It's a messy, tired, ordinary season that we're in,

But I want to feel you looking at me, wanting me again.

You're still the one I choose, you are still my person now,

We can bridge this little distance, we can figure out the how.

I don't need you to be perfect, I just need you by my side,

To keep reaching for each other on this beautiful, hard ride.

'Cause I love the life we've built, I love the father that you are,

And I want to close the distance, I don't want to feel so far.

I miss the way we used to laugh, the way we used to talk,

Not just surviving every day, but sharing in the walk.

I don't need it to be perfect, I just want to pull you near,

Keep reaching for me, Michael, I am still right here.