‘Sonnet 43 Inspired’

Do I love you? Oh Yeah – in many ways.

I love you infinity plus one times

Greater than you reckon it’s possible

And to the total end of everything.

I love you so much, that I cannot say

If I need you more by day or deep night.

I love you because I can feel it’s right.

I love you deeper than a priest loves God.

I love the way you ignite my passion

And give me strength to halt my childhood fears.

I love you with a love I thought I’d lost,

When my faith in humanity I tossed

Beneath the rails of this blind juggernaut

That will end my life – not my love for you.

(Inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43”)

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