Why I love you

I love you not only for what you say,

But for you say what I need to hear,

I love you not only for your smile,

But for the smile that you bring on my face,

I love you not only for what you feel about me,

But for what I feel about everything in your propinquity,

Most of all,

I love you not only for what you are

But what I am- when I am with you,

You have done it,

without a touch, without a word,

You have done it by being yourself,

and helping me - being myself,

Perhaps that is what keeps my love

For you, unharmed all these years.