oxygen love

falling for you was like oxygen
breathing you in & not letting you go
holding my breath out of the fear i might lose it

but loving you now... is like breathing
completely natural
practically involuntary
the easy thing i feel like i could do forever
the easy thing i feel like i've already done my whole life

it makes me feel alive

the most beautiful thing about oxygen love?
it isn't a decision.
one day you just realize
i've been breathing all along
i have loved you all along

mine is the cinderella story of the recovering asthmatic
odds stacked against the girl who couldn't breathe properly
the girl who didn't think love was in her capabilities
funny how i stopped needing medication
right around the time you walked into my life

because loving you... is like breathing

it's the only thing i do constantly
even when i'm not thinking about it

oxygen love.
the kind of love you don't get to decide
the kind of love that you just do

because it's the kind of love you couldn't live without