"loving, beyond reason..."

i love you

i love you beyond all that
gives me reason,
beyond all the deserving...

i love you
over and above
all that
makes sense,
and still i love 
you
more....

i love you,
but not because...

there is no because...

there
is
no
this is why,
or
of course, don't you see...

i just love you, and
it catches me by surprise
as much
as anything I have
ever known
or felt
or never imagined....

have you ever come
upon a scene
so lovely,
so full of wonder,
that it
stops you in your
tracks and
you are barely able to
breathe
for fear that it will break
the spell,
the winged doves will scatter,
and
the sky itself will fleck
and disolve into
a canvas without color or
cloud...something
gray and
textureless...

but it
will not...

each moment
of it's shifting beauty
is a miracle
unmeasured.
a sweet. sacred
opening in the
crack between heaven and
earth...

that is how is how it
feels to  love you...

that is how I know
it is love

it is
without
reason,
without the need for reciprocity,
without response or desire

i just love you,
but not "because"
it is as
unbidden as
breathing or the
heart's
pulsing
rhythm

loving you  is like
holding my
breath
while watching
the
sky open wide to reveal a
slice of heaven
so lovely
i am rendered
speechless

that is how
loving every
single
one of
you
makes
me
feel....