Everyday

My need for you is patient, but ever present: pressing gently on the other preoccupations of the day. 

My need for you is quiet; it never shouts, but it's pulse beats strongly and quickens when we are alone. 

My need for you is not greedy, but it is deep, like the ocean and as fathomless as the universe. 

My need for you is not mine; it is yours. 

You alone fulfill it, you alone fuel it.   

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I have been exploring some of the many poetry anthologies I have on my bookshelf and I came across "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In this poem she writes "I love you to the level of everyday's/ Most quiet need". I love the simplicity of this verse. The softness and the calm that it exudes. Love as she describes it is a blessing and a comfort. I aspire to a love like this. A stillness in the soul when fulfilling the quiet need of everyday. 

Happy Easter!

Bss,

Marybeth