BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO

I don’t want to love you because I have to,

Not because the world says I should stay.

In a life where promises feel heavy,

My heart found its own quiet way.

Hands pulling me in every direction,

Voices telling me what love should be,

But in the middle of all the noise and pressure,

I heard you calling softly to me.

No chains around this feeling,

No reason I can explain,

It’s not written by fear or duty,

It’s written in my veins.

I love you because I choose to,

Because my heart knows what is true,

Not out of need, not out of fear,

But every moment feels right with you.

I choose you in the silence, in the storm,

When the world feels loud or warm,

This love is free, this love is real,

I love you because I choose you.

I don’t love you for the sake of time,

Or for the comfort of routine,

I love you for the way you see me,

In spaces no one’s ever been.

When everything feels uncertain,

And tomorrow won’t show its face,

You’re the calm inside the question,

The place my heart feels safe.

No rules, no fine print promises,

No expectations to fulfill,

Just a quiet kind of promise,

Born from a willing will.

I love you because I choose to,

Because my heart knows what is true,

Not out of need, not out of fear,

But every moment feels right with you.

I choose you in the silence, in the storm,

In the breaking and the warm,

This love is free, this love is real,

I love you because I choose you.

If the world asks why I’m standing here,

I won’t point to fate or destiny,

I’ll say it was the simplest answer,

You felt like home to me.

No force, no hand pulling me near,

Just a heart that finally learned,

That the strongest love is chosen,

Not demanded, not earned.

I love you because I choose to,

Every day I choose you again,

Through the quiet, through the chaos,

Through the loss and through the pain.

I choose you when the lights go low,

When the truth is all we hold,

This love is free, this love is real,

I love you… because I choose you.

Not because I have to,

But because I want to.