I asked you to be mine

Not just you heart nor simply your soul

I wanted all of you, from your blond, tussled hair 
To those cute little toes. 

I wanted your love, your passion, and your devotion when all others who claimed to return those things failed you. 

I wanted your trust. Your belief that I would stand by when all others fled. I wanted you to know I would not be like them. I wanted your faith, a faith second only to that you have for God. 

I wanted you to tell me you love me
Even when you are too hurt by me to say those words. Even then, I wanted you to feel them in your heart. 

I wanted you to wake in the night and draw peace from hearing me breathe next to you. I wanted you to dream of me being nothing more than your companion for a meal. 

I wanted you to love me, and to grant me all of these things just as I have for you. 

And you have. You have given me all of that and more. You've made me smile in the face of fear and let me laugh at my own pain.

You've made me whole and Filled my empty heart with the lifting sound of your laughter. 

We share the words, 'I love you more' because neither of us can
fathom a love more powerful than we feel for each other. 

I wanted you to know these things and never doubt their truth.

So, with all that said, is it too small a thing to say

I want you to be my Valentine?