For Jan

For Jan

How do I love you
let me count the ways
but I cannot count
for they are one in you-
the ways I love in you
are the ways you are you.
And so, they are not just was
but the way you are you.

It is not the ways I love you
it is why it is you that I love.
But why cannot count
for why can but explain
the why I can love you
are all the ways you are you
and I love you just as you are you
in the way, the ways, you are you.

May 13, 1999
Roger Victoria