“How do I love you? Let me count the ways. I love you as the sun loves bright blue days. I love you as the bee loves a fragant flower. I love you as the thirsty duck loves a sudden shower. I love you as a bird loves to sing a song. I love you as the waking bear loves the smell of spring. I love you as the cat loves a sunny sill. And as the dancing snowflakes love the winter’s chill. How do I love you? Let me tell you how. I love you as the nest loves the sturdy bough. I love you as the sea loves the sandy shore. And as the ancient world loved the dinosaur. I love you as the wind loves it’s own sweet sound. And as our friendly earth loves to spin around. I love you as the moon loves each shining star. I love all that you will be and everything you are.”
-Marion Dane Bauer