I Love You Like

I love you like the ocean
Deeper than his wide
I love you like the fire
That burns me hard into the night
I love you like the tempest
Raging hard against my soul
I love you like the storm inside
I no longer control
I love you like the rain
That's flooding streets inside my heart
I love you like the pain
Of star-crossed lovers when they part
I love you like the wind
That has ripped my sails apart
I love you like I love you
Like it's written in the stars

I love you like the stranger
Who will never see your flaws
I love you like the wager
I must win when all is lost
I love you like the knife
That cut through bone and sinew
I love you like the scab
That’s the only proof of wound
I love you like the tears
Through which I’ve cried myself to sleep
I love you like my fears
Somewhere hidden deep I keep
I love you like the consequence
I know I must reap
I love you like I love you
Like no one can but me

I love you like the sailor
Who left home to tame the seas
I love you like the writer
Naming things you cannot see
I love you like the soldier bleeding
By his flag he stood
I love you like the carpenter
Carving beauty out of wood
I love you like the painter
Trying hard to frame the dawn
I love you like the sinner
Claiming he was but a pawn
I love you like the saint
Who kept faith when all was gone
I love you like I love you
Like you never ever saw

I love you like the moment
Which once lived cannot come back
I love you like that stolen glimpse
That negates all that is lack
I love you like the souvenir
That’s worth more than its cost
I love you like a memory
You once thought was lost
I love you like the failures
That haunt me in my dreams
I love you like the incompetence
In the mirror that I see
I love you like the risk
That suffocates that witch could be
I love like I love you
Despite all that is me