Because I Love You (A Poem)

I hear you when you don’t speak,

My heart hears your silent words.

My soul listens.

I want you to know that if I smile

At what appears to be nothing,

I am listening…

Because I love you.

I feel you when you aren’t here

My hand reaches for the fullness in empty air.

My arms embrace it…

I want you to know that if I sigh

At what appears to be nothing,

I am remembering

Because I love you.

I taste you in the sweetest drink.

I take you in, you course through my entirety.

My lips hold you dear.

I want you to know that if I moan out loud

At what appears to be nothing,

I am drinking you in…

Because I love you.

I see you in the twilight

And in the moments before the dawn.

My eyes take in all of you.

I want you to know that if my eyes should overflow

Even in the happiest of my days

I am basking in the light I see…

Because I love you.

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