You called me beautiful

You called me beautiful,
today I thought it was a joke.
I thought you said it simply
so that I wouldn't choke.
I thought you said simply
because I was asking while I cried
but you said something else
that was perfect and untried.
You said it's not just physically
where my beauty comes out from,
you look a breath and said
"spiritually you're like no one.
I know it sounds commonly lame
of me to say this to you,
but I really think you're beautiful inside
as you are outward, too.
You are like a ruby that
shines brightly in the sand
and there's no one else I know
who I'd rather hold the hand
of in all my days of aging
and raising a family of my own.
You are so beautiful and with you
I'll to make my one true home."