One Hundred Reasons To Love You

One Hundred Reasons To Love You
by E.C. Vida

1. The things that you say.
2. The things that you do.
3. The friends that you have.
4. That I now share too.

5. The places we go.
6. Quite late at night.
7. The way we make up.
8. Without having a fight.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

9. Your family.
10. Chaotic as they can be.
11. How quickly you climb up.
12. Your favorite tree.

13. Your puppies.
14. Who love to sniff at my crotch.
15. The cool way you roll.
16. The hard way you rock.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

17. Your favorite color.
18. Which happens to be black.
19. The ferocity with which you attack.
20. Anyone who tries to hurt me.
21. The way your skin seems kissed by the sea.

22. Things we talk about.
23. Things we might, someday.
24. And those that we don’t.
25. The things my heart says to you, when my words won’t.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

26. Your talents, especially
27. Those that you hide.
28. Devotion.
29. Emotion.
30. More than one side.

31. More than a hint of love in your touch.
32. Happiness.
33. Sappiness.
34. Sweetness.
35. And such.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

36. Energy, making you bounce up and down.
37. The Queen you become in a Burger King crown.
38. Having somebody to be with in band.
39. Praying for first place, and holding your hand.

40. Hearing your voice from behind me in choir.
41. Helping you up, then lifting you higher.
42. Flying with you through the one-star-lit sky.
43. Playing piano and making you cry.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

44. Spending my spare time finding a ring.
45. Wondering what kind of change it will bring.
46. Taking your note out to read it again.
47. Thankful that I made the choice I did then.

48. Knowing for sure that we’ll always be friends.
49. Knowing that this kind of love never ends.
50. Sharing in something that’s special and rare.
51. Letting you know that I’ll always be there.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

52. Loving the seasons we make our way through.
53. Loving them more, ‘cause I’m in love with you.
54. Falling for someone like I’m falling now.
55. Wanting to help you and learning how.

56. Being all manly and acting all tough.
57. When really just being myself is enough,
58. Having no guard up, giving my trust.
59. Not wanting worry to come between us.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

60. Interests we share.
61. And new ones we find.
62. Your heart and your hair.
63. Your might and your mind.

64. Opinions you voice.
65. And thoughts you won’t speak.
66. But whisper to me.
67. With lips that brush my cheek.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

68. Your sexiness and
69. Your sarcastic side.
70. The voice that you’re proud of.
71. And don’t try to hide.

72. Your stubbornness and
73. The way you don’t budge.
74. That you go and say “Fuck!”
75. Instead of just “Fudge.”

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

76. Your car and
77. The car radio that we
78. Always have tuned to
79. 93.3

80. The foxy way you shoot me a grin.
81. Where you are going.
82. Where you have been.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

83. Where you are now.
84. With me, somehow.
85. Finally found.
86. Connected, not bound.

87. The flower you wear.
88. In your sweet-smelling hair.
89. The tiara you donned.
90. The night of our prom.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.

91. The mirth that spreads across your face.
92. The power you have to take me to a special place.
93. Your eyes.
94. And the sparkle they bring to my life.
95. The dreams I’ve been having, where you are my wife.

96. And everything’s perfect.
97. And everything’s true.
98. And words can’t describe what connects me and you. But just for
99. The hope that I can, I’ll try.
100. It’s loving forever, without knowing why.

There are a hundred things about you dear, that let me love you so…
But the parts of you that let me love you forever,
Are the ones that I don’t know.