Why I Love You

People just don’t understand Why I love you as I do They think I am too intense And perhaps, dear, it is true But you see, Love, they don’t know That you are the best of me They simply cannot fathom What your presence means to me For you’re the living product Of a love truly sublime The precious witness of truth Of two bodies that combine You are the reason we hope For the better things in life The reason that we dream on Of when daughter becomes wife But not just for the future You are why I face each day Sometimes I want to check out I know you want me to stay I sometimes think that this life Is much more than I can take But I know I must go on I survive for your sweet sake As long as you need Mommy As long as you need me here I’ll invest myself in you I pledge always to be near You’ve seen the good and bad You know the demons I fight Yet you say that you love me And my world is filled with light So, dear, why do I love you? Why do I keep going on? In a world filled with sorrow YOU are my heavenly song!