How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways

1. and every time i see you it is for the first time  still my heart skips a beat and every time we kiss it is our first  and there is nothing like that first kiss. 2. and it is not just that i love you with every fibre of my being but more important that i cherish it and treat it as my most important priority.  3. and now i believe that  nothing  could have stopped me from loving you.  even if we had never met i am convinced  you would of monopolized my dreams. 4. and I choose to believe the beauty spread freely on earth sparkles just a hint brighter because  we are so in love with one another. 5. and to have shared my life with you as you have shared your life with me apart or together always the better for the union  we live. 6. and I still own every crystal clear memory  of every arbitrary kiss you unexpectedly left on my lips. 7. and not yesterday not tomorrow now  is the heaven of our existence. 8. and we always knew 'why? fight the current if you can surf the waves'. 9. and our mornings  in the solitude outside our home  where birds fly and salty dogs roam  sharing that with you my love  feels like the purest freedom available to all earthly life. 10. and i love it when you slip under my skin like you would our bed sheets after a long journey away. 11. and even in the pitch of black, surrounded by the dark my eyes shut and blindfolded i would not see the moon or the stellar diamonds that hug the night sky but still i  would see you. 12. and if i hold you a little tight at times  please blame my exuberance on the joyous life we've  shared - every moment we've spent as a loving couple. 13. and it is you my love who taught me  the weeping willow not the mighty oak represents the greatest strength in nature. 14. and now I know my love the trust to unfold for your partner  everything that is you (even the darkest parts of your makeup), the comfort that there is nothing about you your partner won't accept is a special love gifted to those who seek it with pure intent. 15. and if the truth be known marriage isn't love, marriage is a contract  unlike love contracts can be broken. 16. and i will always be there to hold you when there are no words. 17. and when i knew it was you i knew it would never be anyone else ever again. 18. and if not for love then what? 19. The Closing Soliloquy  Sleep well my darling Warm in my heart  Tender in my thoughts  Safe in my hold and I do I hold you Singular Gift you happiness  Like links on a chain  Pure gold Glitters Like the brilliant sheen of hope  and Hope is The greatest gift of all  Sweet dreams my heart Soft in the natural embrace of my undying love. Dec 7 2015 armand