• i love you
    like a child does her mother
    looking up to a nurturer
    to a source of life and comfort
    in the depths of the night
    when my monsters seek to find me
    i seek your arms to hold me
    and lead me to my slumber
    and in the day when i'm surrounded by friends
    i check around to make sure you are there
    always nearby to watch over me
    and to love me.

    i love you like a mother does her child
    worried at the shortest moments apart
    staring at your sleeping face is my solitude
    one that brings forth peace untainted
    my heart leaps when you reach for my hand
    or when i hear you laugh
    and in the saddest of my days
    a kiss from you gives me courage
    enough to last me a lifetime.

    i love you like that of a beggar
    does a stranger who had fed him everyday
    without question
    and who had lent that pretty coat
    and had invited him in his nesting
    for soup or tea
    he who have helped him find a job
    that took him off the streets
    caught by the mystery of your kindness
    for a loser like me.

    i love you like that of a little girl
    does to the little boy who stood up for her
    when her playmates were calling her names
    for being such a coward
    because she wouldn't climb the wall
    him who had cheered her with a colorful lollipop
    and a warm smile
    and an assurance that climbing the wall
    is not proof of courage
    even if he did it himself
    so many times.

    i love you in many wonderful
    and fearful ways...

    and i am thankful that

    you seem to love me,


    just as much...