YOU  DON’T

You don’t just bring me flowers

you plant gardens for me

You don’t just give me hugs

rather, you hold me endlessly

and you don’t just sing with me

you sing to me,

making up words as you go along

and I laugh

this laugh

coming from somewhere inside me that has never been touched

You don’t just listen to me

you hear me

and you don’t just think

but think for me when my mind is cluttered

You don’t just read books

but you read to me

You don’t only give to me

you give of yourself to me

and you don’t just write me love letters

but we write them together

discovering each other’s thoughts

You don’t just look at me

but you look inside me

and you actually see beauty

that I never recognized before

and I understand….

that for all that you “don’t” do for me

You do it all.

Thank you.