This Love

This love is no lark, no game
This heart is genuine, is listening
has faith and patience
If I look I am suspended in awe
A love like no other.

I hold extremely still
I don’t want to frighten it
I want to look at it, fully
see and understand the beauty
of this love — how it shines
how it works — how it is held
in her eyes, in her words
and thoughts and deeds.

She says she is no hero
She does not want me to be
disappointed. I see she is
a human, being her best
and that in itself is heroic.

I am moved by her presence
Her every effort
beats with love,
is imbued with care,
is a mixture of love,
trust, honor
and faith.