Have I told you lately

How much your love has meant to me?

How when you hold my hand

You are all I see?

Or when you get down on your knees in front of my chair

And lean into my lap while you talk

How you wrap your arm around my shoulders

And hug me close to you as we walk

Or when you pull me tightly against you at night

And shelter me from the cold

How you spoon me up against your chest

And hold me like I'm gold

Or how you lift me off the ground

Like you want me the way I want you

You look at me with sapphire eyes

That let me know I can make it through

Or how you raise my chin

To overcome me with your kiss

How you pull me up into your lap

And I know I want to live my whole life like this

How you stroke my hair to calm my nerves

How your hand finds mine in the dark

Or that night we danced on the rooftop

Or walked in the rain through the park

How you carried me six blocks home one night

When I was too shaken to walk

Or knowing that I can crawl into your lap

Anytime and you're willing to talk

How you sing to me when I'm sad

And whisper into my hair

Make me weak with your lips against my neck

Hug me from behind when I don't know you're there

The way you lifted me onto the counter top

To clean the blood from my cut open knee

How you kiss my forehead when I yell at you

And just tell me that you love me

For all those sweet kisses in the grocery store

And random hugs on the street

You'd let me hate you just to keep me safe

And I know you're looking out for me

For all those pictures you couldn't wait to show me

Times you couldn't wait to hear what I thought

For everyday you've made me feel wanted and protected

The definition of love you have taught

For everything that you've been to me

And let me be to you

For all the times you've held me together

After everything I've put you through

For waking up to find you watching me sleep

To hearing your voice in the night

Sitting on your lap while you read to me

And feeling you hold me so tight

For carrying me through the world

For the nights when you let me cry

Picking me up when I'm down

For holding me so high

For every ounce of affection you showed me

I hope you know I love you too

Thank you for holding my hand in life

I know I'd be nothing without you