"If thou must love me, let it be for naught
Except for Love's sake only"
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Don't say, "I love her for her hair, her teeth, her fabulous figure."

Don't say, "I love her for that time she said something witty - that may be the one time in my life that wit came to me.

Don't love me because I am cheerful or fun or good to be with. And mostly, don't love me because I am so deep (or you think), so profound. For daily life is so mundane… and one can get so concerned with the price of vegetables or gold.

But, if you love me for Love's sake alone - Ohmigosh! That leaves me in a greater soup, because how will I know what you love me for?

If one day you tell me that you love me, and I don't know why or how I achieved this feat! Then I wonder - is this me? What if your love has nothing to do with me at all?
Love will give me a direction - to grow and to be (I believe). But if I don't know why you love me, whom will I be?

Oh, please don't leave me floundering like this. Love me for my smile, my hair, my teeth, my voice, the way I laugh, the way I looked that day in that pale blue dress…

Give me something to hold on to.
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