October 03, 2007

for a true and valued friend

I cannot say I love you.
You are no object, no thing to be held
by such words--
and I do not know them to be true,
but that you are as natural to me as breathing,
effortless like a morning sun.

2 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

Oooh this is so simple yet the beauty of it is indescribable

David, by the lake said...

Thank you, Janice. This is an attempt to capture something of my feelings towards a very good friend of mine. I find that nothing makes for better verse than genuine emotion...