Why Do I Love You?
Why do I
love you?
I love
you not for what you are
But for
what I am when I am with you.
I love
you not only for what you have made of yourself
But for
what you are making of me.
I love
you for ignoring
The possibilities
of the fool in me
And for
laying the possibilities of the good in me.
I love
you for closing your eyes
To the
discords in me
And for
adding to the music in me by worshipful listening.
I love
you because
You are
helping to make the lumber of my life
Not a
tavern but a temple
And the
works my everyday life
Not a
reproach but a song.
I love
you because you have loved me
More that
any creed could have done to make me happy;
You have
done it…
With a
touch…
With a
word…
With a
sign…
You have
done it, by just being yourself.
Perhaps, after
all, that is what loves means
For I
will always love you more.
