I Love You as a Valley Loves

August 1, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is unrequited love.

Today’s poem is a poem wondering whether love is returned.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

I love you as a valley loves

The river through its fields,

Or as a note upon a page

The music that it yields.

I need you as the moon requires

The sun to make it shine,

Or as a soul in search of faith

Is rescued by some sign.

You are as much a part of me

As meadows are of Earth,

Or as a song is of a heart,

Replenishing its worth.

I love you as a hawk loves air,

Or a sailor loves the sea,

Or as a strong wave seeks the sand,

But ah! do you love me?

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/valley.html. For more love poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/lovepoems.html .

This week’s theme: Unrequited Love.

August 1: I Love You as a Valley Loves