“How shall I love thee?/ Let me count the ways”
A task onerous and weary as talent decays
Encompass the feel of an oceans weight in words few
I write to you another hope, a story new
“How shall I love thee?” Let me tell you how
In letters that say so little, yet say it all


Let us paint our shades on a canvas woven from intimate dreams
To bring to life delicate, tender, passionate whispers
A fiery romance sealed with a hope; a love that breathes
Every tint and every hue-with a caressing brush come
Paint the warm deep colors of our tale that lies sealed
In the blink of eyes that see as two,conceive as one

Sing with me songs from the heart, in a single breath hummed
In clear sweet melodious tones that speak true, pretense undone
Ease the impatience of restless souls, the pain of loss numbed
Take the rhythm of two hearts that speak as two beat as one
With tunes of old, words retold- the melody remains forever love

Walk freely with free steps on a road to a freer-dom
Where hearts reign free and brains slumber undisturbed
To a place where you and I, I and you seen as one
Can love a love free untainted a wholeness unperturbed
Where we shall listen, paint, continue our tale
Will discover the thousand ways to 'love thee'