Let Me Read You

You're like a book I can read over and over
Chapter after chapter, page after page
Month after month, day after day
I can listen to your voice for hours
I can study every outline of your face
Memorizing the lines, make no mistake
You're more beautiful than Hopkins
I can run my hands through your hair
Like an editor, taking care
To edit, to perfect, but you're already perfect
And I hate that I can't compare to you

I can read you every day til I die
And I'll still learn something new from you
Just let me read you every second, don't lie
You know you want to read me, too

You're like a stanza in my poems
Short, simple, yet full of meaning
You help me write, you give me meaning
I can kiss the outline of your soul
I can love you til you're no longer cold
And the lock on you falls off
Because I just want to read you every day
For the rest of my life

Let me open the cover to you,
Let me read you all the way through
And when I'm done, I'll have one more reason to read you