Not If, Why, Because
I’ve been in love before, but that was child-like, if not silly
This is not in love, for it grew out of the love I already had for you as my friend.
This is not new, because it has been living, growing, becoming for a long time,
A time as long as this is deep…
Eternity, I think, if there is such a thing; I think not, for time is what must be used to measure that, a task time is not quite up to the task of measuring.
And to measure the fact that I’ve loved you forever couldn’t be done anyway.
Each day as I try to deny that I feel this. More of it emerges through my soul, my heart, my being. My speech: I love you.
Not if, not why, not because, nothing else added, just the fact. I don’t care who knows it, what nobody thinks about it.
I only care what you think and how you feel. Whatever I can do for you is the only thing on my mind
And when I finally figure that out…
