You ask how I love you?
Let me tell you:
I love you with the depth, breadth and height my spirit
reached when it feels far
the limit of Being and grace.
I love you like I love
daily life under the sunlight or candlelight.
I love you freely, as men fight for things
fairer. I love you with purity
and the return of prayer. I love you with the strength of my old
penalties, with the faith of my childhood.
I love you like I loved those saints
today and I have forgotten my breath with laughter, and tears
of my life. And if God allows even better
love you beyond death.
Let me tell you:
I love you with the depth, breadth and height my spirit
reached when it feels far
the limit of Being and grace.
I love you like I love
daily life under the sunlight or candlelight.
I love you freely, as men fight for things
fairer. I love you with purity
and the return of prayer. I love you with the strength of my old
penalties, with the faith of my childhood.
I love you like I loved those saints
today and I have forgotten my breath with laughter, and tears
of my life. And if God allows even better
love you beyond death.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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