JUST ENJOYING YOU...

From strangers, to friends, to close friends, and beyond…

I never knew, before knowing you,

how empty my life had been.

I thought I was happy. I thought I was successful.
What you brought into my life can never be assessed.

We are so very different, you and I.

And yet so much the same.

We talk.

I valued most the way we talked

about any thing any time any where.

And each time I listen to you,

each time I ponder what you've said,

I learn something new.

About you. About me. About the world.

I've learned to trust in your instincts.

I love the vitality and zest that is so much a part of you.

I never would have believed the breeze, could be so filled with life.

I treasure that spark of spirit in you,

that flashing flare of fire that animates all that you do.

It's easy to see how much you love life,

even when life is sometimes less than lovable,

and that love is always mirrored in your eyes and smile.

You are impatient and easy to anger,

too intolerant when you should tolerate,

too forgiving when you shouldn't forgive.

You allow the stresses of life to mold your day,

allow the commitments of life to shape your way.

I know your imperfections as well as your perfections,

know your faults as well as your assets.

And I find I like you not in spite of those,

but as much because of them as anything else.

I love the way you understand me too well.

It's uncanny sometimes how well you know

my thoughts, my feelings, my moods,

frightening at times how closely our lives have become interlinked.

You know so much of me,

secrets I've never told,thoughts I've never shared,

parts of me I've never seen myself.

You've discovered a window into my being,

a window I didn't know was there,

a window no one else has ever found.

I love the way we have fun doing the strangest things,

or the way we can enjoy each other doing nothing at all.

We shop and walk, eat and talk,

playing games apart and united.

We study and drill, work and play,

listening to music and singing the words together.

We have fun with each other,

frolicking in our shared pleasures,

you enjoying the thrill of life,

me just enjoying you...

-Ships