in spite of;

i love you in spite of;
of all your imperfectness
and all of your
quirkiness
and such,

and i love you for you gave meaning
to a common night in July;
you took the ordinary
and turned it
into a memory i will revisit
relive
and recreate throughout my whole life

i love you in spite of;
myself and all that i am
or could be -
you are the dream inside of a dream
that i always carried
in my pocket and in my heart

i love you for with you
we are against the odds,
on a world filled with obstacles
and randomness:
you carry the hope of a bird for an adrift ship

i love you for your quirkiness
and the ability you
(and only you possess)
to cast your shadow upon myself on a desert,
even when you are not here.