Patriotic

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Daily writing prompt
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

for me patriotic means respect for the challenges and obstacles that our founding fathers had to endure to achieve what we have today. I simply believe it commands our respect and admiration for what they chose to endure so that our lives could be better. I also believe it requires the same level of respect across all humanity and with every single culture walking gently and considering that we must honor the efforts made for each of us. We must tread lightly so that others may follow after us and learn from our examples as global citizens and not by our mistakes and shortcomings. Albeit both will leave lessons for the future.

Cupids Bow

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Roses are red

Violets are sometimes blue

Days spent without you are simply

The bluest of blues

Two days before Cupid launches his arrow out into the world 

And he already cast his arrow on me 

I am lost

I am found 

Eternally

Bound to the heart that is and will always be mine

I’m captured 

Captivated 

And the ring on my finger is a symbol for the entire world to see 

a mixture of silver and gold, this delightful treasure, priceless and precious to me

I’m so blessed your heart forever is mine

There is simply not a second, minute, hour or day where I am not longing for you right next to me

I love you 

Even in the moments when either of us get upset and frustration sets our world out of kilter

I love you 

In every moment the clock has ever counted across time

Forever 

Completely 

Umair, I love you and I’m so happy your mine

Did You Know

Did you know 

You are my everything 

When you are off and about, the birds don’t sing

I need you 

I love you 

In the moments where there are no sounds

In every moment, feel you all around 

In the moments when the world is whirring by

In every single moment, you are not right by my side 

I need your arms wrapped around me 

I need to feel you, touch you, and breathe you in 

You are my sunlight 

You are the sun’s rays 

You brighten my world 

I don’t want to miss a single minute

I need to feel you, my love

Every single minute

I love you 

Happy Anniversary 

Sometimes

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Sometimes, you forget that I’m not fluent in Urdu entirely, and suddenly, you start speaking to me, and it doesn’t matter what you say. You have captured my heart completely

You take my breath away

And fill me with so much love; there are not enough words to express

I ache for you

Need you endlessly! 

I wake up and go to sleep, begging for miracles that put us in the same country!

I love you! Those words aren’t big enough to describe what you mean to me!

Listen to the Sounds

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Pitter Patter are the sounds 

Hear the rain softly falling to the ground

Rain falling softly both here and there 

My wish is the same one it always i want you right next to me

Where we spend a beautiful Saturday night cuddled in each other’s arms

Nothing could be more perfect

You catch up on cricket scores and the news 

I snuggle closer into your arms 

I surrender to the contented bliss that is you, and I 

Listen to the sound of the rain falling 

I offer up softly my plea 

I need my husband right next to me 

You

Roses are red

Violets are sometimes blue, 

Sugar is sweet but not nearly as sweet as you 

Or our favorite cup of chai 

You are brilliant in every single way 

I wish you could see yourself through my eyes 

Every single day 

Your golden honey eyes are brilliant 

Your warm skin envelopes me in every single way 

Our love story began entirely as two people as friends and transformed into utter brilliance, and I would never have it any other way

You and I, and our love story, take my breath away! 

A friendship began and was forged in and through the fire, and you and I, baby, are unbreakable as tungsten, titanium, and even steel! 

You are my protector, knight, prince, and king! You are my everything! 

I love you! 

Color My World

Roses can be all shades of brilliance, from red, pink, peach, purple, white, and, believe it or not, even green

Violets are sometimes blue but more often vibrant shades of purple hues

All the words that dance pirouettes inside my head do not adequately illustrate what you mean to me

I need you 

I need you 

I need you 

Right next to me 

Every day, I get up and go through the motions 

Life and all its crazy commotion

But what I really want and need is an approximately 8000-ish annoyingly freaking miles from me 

Ten days of bliss quickly evaporated between our fingers; and it’s not fair 

Because what I want and need in this world is my husband right next to me 

And I really don’t give a shit what country that occurs in 

I watch the calendar for the next time I can race into your arms and have your delicious lips on me! Start the fire raging within me!

I love you, baby! 
Happy three week wedding anniversary!

Raindrops

Pitter Patter are the sounds 

Imagining the raindrops softly falling to the ground

My love 

I love you 

In more ways than I can begin to describe 

How to find the words to express exactly what you mean to me 

Time spent without you is agony 

When it rains, I want to share the storm with you 

When it snows, I want to share each snowflake with you 

Every sunrise and sunset, I want to share in its magnificence 

I ache for you 

I need to feel you next to me 

My love 

You are my sunlight and starlight each and every day 

You, my love 

I need you right next to me 

Every single second, minute, hour apart it’s an eternity I don’t want to endure 

Pitter Patter are the sounds 

Hear the echoes of our love all around 

Three Am, and Missing You Again

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Roses can be red

Violets are sometimes blue

You take my breath away simply by saying I love you 

I love when you call and take me on walks with you

I miss our cups of chai 

I miss the smells and aromas floating all around 

Even more, I miss drinking my chai with you 

I miss the mountains from outside our apartment window 

I even miss the fog which is hiding the beauty of Pakistan from the rest of the world 

I miss holding your hands and when you reach out to pull me nearer to you 

I miss all your kisses 

I miss you lying on me 

I do not miss the smell of Doomba or the aromas that follow after that meat 

I do miss sitting next to you in the restaurant and you feeding me 

I miss perfect buttery bananas that don’t have a single bruise 

I miss most lying in your arms 

Feeling your skin on mine 

I miss feeling warm simply because you are by my side 

I miss cuddling in your chest and smelling your cologne and wanting to breath all of you in 

I miss you waking up in the middle of the night to kiss me and then making love to me 

I love the aftermath lying together in a tangled heap 

I love that after long flights when you take me in your arms and simply from a touch you are rock hard and I am ready to explode inside

I wish for no more flights unless we are together you and I safely in each others arms and traveling together

Pillow Wishes & Dreams

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Here we are at nearly 2 am again

Smelling your cologne on my scarf and pillow 

Only makes me want you even more 

I wish to the heavens we were lying in each other’s arms 

Tangled in the aftermath of our love 

Or simply where you play with my curls and whisper close your eyes now and sleep

I also love watching you sleep 

I lay here longing for our walks and crazy, brilliant adventures 

In every moment where you and I share all the parts of our lives 

Makes me miss you and long for you even more 

Makes the empty moments when I ache to be in your arms scream out even louder

My love, we belong together

My darling, we belong together

My everything , we belong together

So you will understand when I say I freaking hate the moments we are apart

It’s nearly 2 am, and I need you next to me

Want to feel the soft kisses that ignite the storm and your breath on me