A little something

I thought I might share a poem I wrote for my friend on her birthday. I'm thinking about entering it into a competition so feedback would be lovely .
This one is different from how i normally write; it's very simplistic but i think that works here.

here goes:

Ode to You

You are my heart
because your strengths are mountainous
and I feel like a newborn marsupial
when you are at my side

My friend
I love you like an infant does
because to me you are as dear as a butterfly
and twice as beautiful,
for humanity lends itself to your looks
better than a meniscus ever could

I love you because your gaze
makes me feel like kayaking does
and your eyes are summer
when you look at me

I love you because
just sometimes
you annoy me so much that I pray for humility
That is the greatest gift you could give me.

I love it that when we fight, and my anger takes me
you are a mirror to my viciousness
so when we bleed we bleed together

Or that when you feel the time is right
you back away and leave me scratching
like a cat at a post until the guilt makes me sort
the facts straight in my head

I love you because when your not there
I look out at the night sky
where celestial bodies lay bared,
beating like hearts and desires
and wish they could compare to you.

I love it that,
as an infinite being of potential
and possessing all the human beauty that
the world holds in its cradle
you deign to come to me and talk each day
as if we were equal.

I love you because you are who you are
I need no other reason than that.

Feels a bit mechanical with the "marsupial" part; that detracts the reader from the tone of the poem.

I get it, but just saying. Otherwise it's okay.