Why Do I Love You, Sir?

why do I love You, Sir? the mountain that returns my voice adding a longing quality to it why do i love You, Sir? the ripples in the lake a sudden burst of poetic lines in the calm of my heart as the wind blows past my existence that hinges onto the gravity of earth which has moved its axis into you why do I love You, Sir? the spaceman who longs for the earth's possessive pull after the confusion with lightness magnetic pull that sends each of of the cells hungry for home, your touch, scent, youthful voice Why do I love You, Sir? the laps of the waves the answer keeps swarming my heart before they hit land inspired by Why do I love' You, Sir? Wgt do I love' You, Sir? Because— The Wind does not require the Grass To answer—Wherefore when He pass She cannot keep Her place. Because He knows—and Do not You— And We know not— Enough for Us The Wisdom it be so— The Lightning—never asked an Eye Wherefore it shut—when He was by— Because He knows it cannot speak— And reasons not contained— —Of Talk— There be—preferred by Daintier Folk— The Sunrise—Sire—compelleth Me— Because He's Sunrise—and I see— Therefore—Then— I love Thee— Emily Dickinson