Why Do I Love you

Why do I love You

I love you

Not only 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 firm hold

Of the possibilities for good

Why do I lov you

I love you

For closing your eyes

To the discords

And for adding to the music in me

By worshipful listening

I love you because you

Are helping me to make

Of the lumber of my life

Not a tavern

But a temple

And out of the words

Of my every day

Not a reproach

But a song

I love you

Because you have done

More than any creed

To make me happy

You have done it

Without a word

Without a touch

Without a sign

You have done it

Just by being yourself

After all Perhaps that is what

love means