Fire and Ice

We weren't meant to be the perfect couple. So, how come we are?
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Your past was ice cold, frozen solid like the Antarctic, icebergs you can't
Help but run into, battered, bruised, beaten. Frostbite. You just wanted fire.

My life was a fiery furnace, burning with anger towards those who did me wrong,
Ill mentality, elemental, mental illness, the hurt lingers in the form of ashes that fill me.

Life doused me with a cold splash of water the day I met you, it became breathable
Once again, I am able to smother this fire and let my burns begin to heal, with ice.

Spring finally came around to thaw you like the first showers of April that bring the
Most beautiful flowers in May. You melted at my words you say, the fire you needed.

You were perfect. A smile that says "Don't be scared." A heart burning like the sun,
A mind as fiery as the pit that was me, a mouth that spoke such priceless words. Beauty.

I couldn't help but wonder where you got that smart mouth from, or the ability to leave
Me, a man of so many words, completely speechless. I never did like silence, until you.

I had a knack for saying the words you always wanted to hear, so you've told me.
These words you hear are the product, love turns a normal man into a master poet.

You knew what you did to me, from Day None, you had my heart in the palm of your
Hand, to have and to hold until death do us part, the only death would come from you.

But you never squeezed the life out of me, why? You said you gave up on this thing called
Happiness, such a beautiful soul with beauty as your essence, thank you for letting me love you.

I struggled to find myself at first, I had a nasty habit of burning my bridges before you could cross
Them, I could have just given up, but you told me stop worrying, just relax my mind and let love in.
                                                             
I found peace in you, piece by pieces that were once broken certainly glued back together by
This magical young lady, what three simple words said with such honesty could do to me.

You realized your worth, your love for me conquered every doubt you ever had that you deserve
The absolute best, and although the best wasn't promised, you took a chance and leaped in faith.

You grabbed a hold of my hand, you knew I wouldn't let go, we couldn't afford to lose each other.
It was truly amazing, you started living life instead of wearing it. Who are you? Wonder Woman?

I didn't just fall in love, I fell in life. I didn't know you could have such a profound effect on me,
Not only did I find my best friend, I found my soul mate, my beginning, and hopefully my end.

I used to dream of settling down, but with you, there is no settling. I was reawakened to the
Pleasures in life, the difference I've been searching for, you make me want to be better.

You said you've never felt this way before. You've begun to experience life again under the
Wings of love. You are free to love with confidence that I love you back, you're never alone.

You fell in life like I, you went past love with ease, perfection in your future, not because perfect
Is real, but because you know that perfection is defined by you. You defined it with our love.
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Here we are, two imperfect people perfectly in love. We have outlasted life itself, we have seen each
Other's souls through the eyes of one another, the magic of love is too good to be true, oh so true.

We were never the type to need anyone, but each other, each second, each touch, each kiss more
Electrifying than the last, our love has been the ultimate epitome of perfect, magical, love. Bliss.

And now we have made a decision to spend our lives together, it was inevitable, the joining of our lives,
More than just an I DO, an exhibit of our true love. We weren't meant to be the perfect couple. But we are.

~ Kai Alexander Means