Love is not blind. It brings clarity. Falling in love has made me see you more clearly. In my eyes, you are not perfect, but something better than simple perfection.
Your very difference from other men is to me the most endearing thing in the world. You may not meet the physical ideals of beauty according to society, but your shoulder is just the right height for resting my head when I am forlorn, your arms are just the right length to hold me when I am distraught, and your voice makes me shiver inside when you say my name just so. There are men far more beautiful than you, the picture of healthy masculinity. I can admire their attractiveness, but it is as nothing to me.
It is you I love, you for whom my heart quickens. You are the one who makes me smile. Your smile is the one that makes me believe anything is possible. When you are angry, I want to tear down the world with my bare hands and rebuild it to your specifications. When your eyes reflect your pain, it's all I can do not to pull you into my own arms and kiss it away.
Still, I can't lie to myself. When I'm not around you, the world doesn't stop; it just seems a bit duller. I look at other men and I can see why other women might think me insane for loving you. You are scarred, damaged, but you are strong in every imaginable way. Your mind is formidable, your determination more so.
More, you accept me as I am, as flawed and embittered as I have become. You do not question me but instead lead me to question myself, to search within to raise myself to greater levels. Your faith in me is as absolute as mine in you. My sole regret is that I cannot be the one thing you respect most. I cannot serve you in the one way that means the most to you, and it breaks my heart.
Never have you belittled me for it. No one else sees your kindness. The strong live, and the weak die. That is no cruelty. It is kindness itself. To be weak is to suffer. You took me from the darkness of the cattle pen in which they would hold me and have given me more freedom than I ever imagined possible. I had pride in what I was. You taught me to have pride in myself.
I know your plans. I know what you are going to do, and I rejoice in being by your side. I am afraid, a little, but greater than my fear is my faith in you. I see where you are headed, and it thrills me.
Love is not blind. It brings clarity. Standing beside you, I can see into eternity.