I tried to write about you
Without the irritating presence of
Lovey-dovey
Kiss-me-now clichés.

I tried to write
With substance and depth:
overtones and undertones

But in the name of all
I still hold as true
No simile or metaphor
is brilliant enough to convey my affection.

I've rhymed and reasoned
And pondered and reckoned

And still no words surface-
Save some lingering lovestruck lexicons
That will never suffice.

Alliteration, assonance
Hyperbole
Interminably tumble about my thoughts.

I tried to avoid this
Most truly, I did.

But in the name of all
That is decent and pure

I love you,
I know it,
I'm certain.

12/28/2006

Author's Note: I don't know...

Posted on 12/29/2006
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