Reasons for Loving Him

he carries a piece of my heart through his known position of friendship
mysterious being, hiding secrets and traces of his past to avoid his heart from sharing too much
how can I blame him; this world is such a cold place,
and yet he seems to keep his composure,
protecting his turf while setting examples
he strives to be the man his father never was,
so he always comes off hard and rugged
little does he know that I can see past it,
the fortitude of his personality makes me so safe,
but it also drive me to fearing him in such an intimidating way,
however, his heart is so compassionate and warming,
reminding of a childlike pasttime,
taking me back to innocent times and naive thoughts
there are days I want to give him my whole heart,
but those same days he teaches me to withhold my heart to keep from getting it bruised
I definitely see his reasons for that,but each day I want to give him more
he calls me soft, I say it's love
I call him mean, but he reminds me that he's tough
inside something is telling me that he wants to be loved, but he fears this complex word called trust
it doesn't matter to me because secretly each day my crush turns into something like puppy love
because I see the man trying to break through,
while harbour that beautiful heart of a little boy
my reasons for loving him is because he is my friend
he accepts me for my flaws and all,
making getting to know him such an adventure
I just hopes he seems my true intentions because I'be been trying to heal my own broken heart

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