Because I Love You I'll Do the Dishes
Because I love you I’ll do the dishes
You know I hate the dishes but for you, I’ll do them anyway
Because I love you I will listen
And when your heart overflows and your tongue forgets to translate
I will not remind you of what is appropriate
Instead, I will learn your native language so I can listen to you
Because I love you I will trace your scars with my fingertips
I will play them like strings to an instrument
so that you can see your existence
is a melody few get to hear completely
Because I love you I will encourage you to love yourself
because even though you do I can’t quite trust myself to always cherish you
Because I love I will not promise to never hurt you and I will expect the same for you
I am human, and all I know is how to break
but I promise I will learn to build for you
Because I love you I swear the hurt will never turn to harm
and my words will never be harsh enough to draw blood
Because I love you
I will introduce you to the skeletons in my closet
and together we will wrap them in flesh and make them dance
Because I love you I will let you see my scars too
Because I love you if they scare you
I will not make you stay
Because I love you my eyes may become red as anger and blue as brokenness
but because I love you I will never let that change the way I see you
Because I love you I will always ask first
Because I love you I’ll do the messy things
The grimy things, the tedious things, the things that hurt, the things I'd rather not do, I'll do them
Because I love you I’ll do the dishes