Love Poem: Mi Amor
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Written by: Daniel Ayiro

Mi Amor

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.


I want to see you. Know your voice. Recognize you when you first come ’round the corner. Sense your scent when I come into a room you’ve just left. Know the lift of your heel, the glide of your foot. Become familiar with the way you purse your lips then let them part, just the slightest bit, when I lean in to your space and kiss you. I want to know the joy of how you whisper "more".


But I love your feet 
only because they walked 
upon the earth and upon 
the wind and upon the waters, 
until they found me



“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life”