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How Much Do You Love Me?

August 27th, 2009 by Linda Jenkinson

Read it as a poem.

Read it as a rhyme.

Read it as a song in 2/4 time.

Read it through until the end.

It’s just my way

To try and explain

What’s going on with me again.

How much do you love me?

I’m not asking for the depth of the ocean,
Nor the breadth of the sky.
Nor the height of the mountaintop that towers so high.
Just…

How much do you love me?

I live in fear from day to day
Of hearing you say, “Three!”
One word to send me far away
When you’ve lost your love for me.

I break a glass.

I burn a meal.

I have no class

But my tears are real.

How much do you love me?

Do you love me enough to push me through places where I fear to go?
Do you love me enough to pull me through places where I balk and slow?
Do you love me enough to keep me at your side through thick and thin?
It’s the bottom of the ninth.

The bat is shaking in my hand.

Do you love me enough to keep me, although I may strike out again?

If the answer is yes

I must confess

As to how much I love you.

And hope you can see within my heart

That my words are true.

How much do you love me?

I know I may have forfeited
The chance to share your name.
I know I may never be
More than a sub in your game.

Still I love you enough to stay with you, wherever you take the team.

I love you enough to stay at your side until the end of the dream.

I love you enough to live with the fear of hearing the dreaded word three.

I love you enough to stay at your side, wherever your side might be.