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Why Do I Love You - a Valentine

WHY DO I LOVE YOU? ( A Valentine) You asked me why I love you I’ve tried to reason why But how do you catch a moonbeam Or touch a rainbow in the sky I only know I love you And that’s enough for me But I’ll open up my heart to you And try to make you see I was a child when we first met But even then I knew You were the one who stole my heart I’d spend my life with you We stood before the altar Pledging our lives anew I promised to always love you You said you’d always be true Sometimes I lie awake at night Watching you as you sleep Praying “God protect him” For we have promises to keep You asked me why I love you The reason…let it be I only know I love you That’s enough for me Copyright 1984 Beatrice Boyle (All rights reserved)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 2/22/2012 8:10:00 AM
enjoyed your explaination of love....greatest gift of all time!!
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Date: 2/15/2012 9:01:00 PM
True love shines through in your beautiful words......congrats on a well deserved win. Hugs.
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Date: 1/23/2012 3:16:00 AM
Thanks everyone for you kind comments. This was the first poem I ever wrote. My husband had suffered a heart attack a couple of months before this, and I wanted to write a special Valentine for him...It was rather lenghthy, so I cut it down to publish here! It was like turning on a faucet...once I started writing, it became an obession...haven't put my pen down since! Bea
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Date: 1/22/2012 10:53:00 PM
Congratulations on your win in the contest. This was well written with great descriptiveness and rhyming.
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Date: 1/22/2012 8:22:00 PM
how sweet, beatrice; special cheers to you for the shinining award!..:) huggs!
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Date: 1/21/2012 4:36:00 AM
Beautiful, Congratulations on your win. Elizabeth
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Date: 1/20/2012 8:52:00 PM
Very lovely and showing the adoration of a Valentine! Congrats on your win.
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Date: 1/20/2012 1:58:00 PM
True love.....lovely poem Beatrice.Congratulations on your win!!! - oxox love Anne-Lise
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Date: 1/20/2012 11:49:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Beatrice. Love, Carol
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Date: 1/20/2012 11:42:00 AM
Yeah you were in true love when you wrote it....your last stanza alone tells that.An excellent poem on love.Congrats on your big win.
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Date: 1/20/2012 11:34:00 AM
Sometimes words just can't express the reasons. Congrats on your win in the contest !!
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Date: 1/20/2012 9:46:00 AM
congrats Beatrice on a wonderful winning entry filled with luv..
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Date: 1/18/2012 10:31:00 PM
Very nice, Beatrice. And I bet your love with him goes on and on.
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