You ask me why I Love you, 
you do not know your qualities. 
No, it's not just that the sight of you 
makes me quiver at the knees. 

And it's not that when you look at me 
your eyes just make me melt, 
nor is it that one touch from you, 
holds more warmth than ever I have felt. 

It isn't that your sense of humour 
can always make me laugh, 
and it isn't that my soul 
feels like you're its other half 

The fact that when I hear your voice, 
I smile from ear to ear, 
is quite simply not enough 
to make me love you, Dear. 

Though everything I've mentioned 
is definitely true, 
they are simply not the reasons 
that I say "I Love You" 

I Love you because you give me 
more than gifts for me to hold, 
you give me the faith to be myself, 
if the truth can e'er be told. 

You give me confidence and courage 
to try things I never would, 
and you help me face life's battles 
that without you I never could 

When you tell me I am beautiful 
and I say that's not the case, 
you say you see an inner beauty, 
whenever you look at my face; 

you understand me and accept me 
for the person that I am, 
one of whom I can be proud, 
not just an extension of a man. 

I Love you because I can be me, 
whenever I'm with you, 
the reason that I Love you Darlin 
is just because you are you. 

june 2001

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