When Did You Know I Loved You?

When did you first know

I loved you?

Was it when I first raked

my fingers through your soul?

Was it when I first looked

in your eyes and described the

formation of the stars?

Was it when I first kissed

you and tried to drink you in?

Was it when I first read you

poetry, shared the flowers that grow

in my pen?

Was it when I first loved you

fully? Took all of you in?

When did you first know

I loved you?

Was it when we danced together,

neither one of us wanted it to end?

Was it when I held your words

in the palm of my hand and held them

like they were more precious than gems?

When did you first know

I loved you?

Was it the day I looked at you

and lost my words, wondered how

I could tell you without telling you

that I loved you. Simply loved you.

Because that’s when I first knew

I loved you. And I knew this love

would never know an end.

Peace & Love,

Rosalind