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Love is being happy for the other person when they are happy being sad for the person when they are sad being together in good times and being together in bad times Love is the source of strength

Love is being honest with yourself at all times being honest with the other person at all times telling, listening, respecting the truth and never pretending Love is the source of reality

Love is an understanding so complete that you feel as if you are a part of the other person accepting the other person just the way they are and not trying to change them to be something else Love is the source of unity

Love is the freedom to pursue your own desires while sharing your experiences with the other person the growth of one individual alongside of and together with the growth of another individual Love is the source of success

Love is the excitement of planning things together the excitement of doing things together Love is the source of the future

Love is the fury of the storm the calm in the rainbow Love is the source of passion

Love is giving and taking in a daily situation being patient with each other’s needs and desires Love is the source of sharing

Love is knowing that the other person will always be with you regardless of what happens missing the other person when they are away but remaining near in heart at all times Love is the source of security

                    - Poem by Susan Polis Schutz

It is impossible to capture in words
the feelings I have for you
They are the strongest feelings that I
have ever had about anything
yet when I try to tell you them
or try to write them to you
the words do not even begin to touch
the depths of my feelings
And though I cannot explain the essence of
these phenomenal feelings
I can tell you what I feel like when I am with you
When I am with you it is as if
   I were a bird flying freely in the clear blue sky
When I am with you it is as if
   I were a flower opening up my petals of life
When I am with you it is as if
   I were the waves of the ocean crashing strongly
      against the shore
When I am with you it is as if
   I were the rainbow after the storm
      proudly showing my colors
When I am with you it is as if
   everything that is beautiful surrounds us
This is just a very small part of how wonderful I feel
   when I am with you
Maybe the word "love" was invented to explain
the deep, all-encompassing feelings that I have for you
but somehow it is not strong enough
But since it is the best word that there is
let me tell you a thousand times
I love you more than
"love"

      -Poem by Susan Polis Schutz

I Love You

I know that someday I’ll get
used to the fact that we’re
not together any more.
And that maybe we won’t be…
ever again.

Time will tell.
In the meantime, though,
you may be away from my arms,
but you will never be
very far from my heart.

I know the love will never leave.
There are too many memories;
there were so many precious moments
and wonderful times
to ever try to forget…

And I just want you to know
that I will remember
for the rest of my days,
how you helped me find
some happiness and some truths and
how you opened some beautiful doors.

I’ll never forget
how good it was
to share a part of my life
with yours.
               Poem by Collin McCarty