Do I Love You? Do I love you? Do I love you? Do I love you? I can't really say. Part of the problem is in the meaning, Or multitude of meanings, And therefore lack of meaning, Of that word "Love" As well as the difficulty of objectively viewing my feelings. For one thing, "love" is said to involve A concern for the other's welfare and happiness Above one's own. But when I saw you with another Part of me was selfish enough To hope it wouldn't work out Even though the rest of me Did all it could Toward what you seemed to want. On a less lofty level I find That my emotional outlook improves Whenever we meet And that any place with you Is usually better Than the same place without you And the things I could find fault with Seem less significant in you Than they would in another. The lowest level of so-called "love" Is desire for physical interaction: That I feel strongly. But there should be more than that And I think there is. How much more I can't say Except that I hope it can grow with time Into someting we can be reasonably right In calling "love". -- Tom Digby Original 15:40 07/12/1970 Revised 19:30 07/12/1970 Entered 16:41 11/13/2002