LOVE YOU

I say

I love you

Is that all I

Mean? Do I

Only love you

Or is it much

Deeper than that?

Or does it end with

Simply “love,” all

Feelings being wrapped

Up in that small word?

I know there is love

But what more is there?

What more is in that word

Inclusive? Love I’ve already

Mentioned, but I see much

More than that, friendship, trust

Happiness, togetherness, passion,

Faith, hope, dreams, loyalty,

Patience, laughter and that

Indescribable felling that you

Can only feel and know and understand

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­—You know—

And is emotion all there is?

What about yahtzee, and feathers

And hopping feet? What about

Stories and dreams and scenarios?

What about passionate love,

Love that exhilarates, excites and exuberates?

Love that inspires.

The kind of love that’s an adventure,

Full of twists and turns and

Unexpected trails. Trails which

Curious hikers and bears and spiders

Travel upon and around.

—You know what kind of love I’m talking about,

Dearest!

Of course you know- we are

One together through it all—

The fun parts of love and the hard parts.

Darling, just know that no matter what happens,

I’ll always love you and be there for you—

Like you’re there for me. Only patience and waiting

Will bring that which we want most—

You know—

You, who is forever and always
In my heart.
Yes, we must wait, for alone time
And togetherness forever.
So know, dearest, that
When I say
I love you
It means more than
Simply that.