My Favorite Thing About You

My Favorite Thing About You

By Justin Rodriguez

Your giggle is my favorite thing about you,
Or at least it’s my favorite favorite.
My favorite thing about you is the way your hair parts,
or how even though it may look dull it glows.
My favorite thing about you is your fashion.
Your jewelry, your shirts, your jackets, your vests,
it’s perfect.
You’re perfect.
My favorite thing about you is your clothes,
But oddly enough I desperately want to see you without them.
My favorite thing about you is that when I write this I don’t feel cringe or cheesy,
I don’t have to because you embrace these easily. Yet even so I feel queasy,
I can’t take the things you do to me.
But my favorite thing about you – the choice is easy.

My favorite thing about you is pretty complicated,
But to be honest:
Everyday my life is gray.
My steps feel empty,
my smile is fake.
But regardless I keep walking and I keep smiling.
People say to know what you don’t know,
but how could I have possibly known –

without you my life is gray.

As soon as I see you,
hear you,
touch you,
feel you,
my life is full of colors.

I see purples,
and yellows,
and reds,
and greens.

I hear plum,
and sage,
and rose,
and peach.

I touch periwinkle,

and I feel tyrian,

But most importantly I see,

hear,
touch,
and feel,
you.

In truth, my favorite thing about you is quite simple.
My favorite thing about you,
is you.