Love

I love you
not for what you are
but for what I am when I am with you.

I love you
not only for what you have made of yourself
but for what you are making of me.

I love you
because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good
and more than any fate could have done to make me happy.

You have done it
without a touch
without a word
without a sign
You have done it by being yourself.

Perhaps that is what being a friend means
after all.

                                                                            ------- Roy Croft