Knowing Your Love Poem by Daniel June

Naught fuller than I Love You's first return
Naught emptier than love's final goodbye
The first - soft as rain
The second - dry as salt.

'Zeus mocks at lovers' vows'
The Greeks wryly versed
But he, Eros' prey, knows not
My love is everall.

I need you for always
I crave you each now.

The beauties around me
- Curve of cup
Bow of drapes -
Are your presence and your promise.

I dreamt of the world
Everything was exactly the same
Time, clockwise, as expected
Routines unbreached, Duties filled
Nothing had changed
Everything was different
And the difference was this:
I know you love me.

A truth of beauty
permeating every word and glance
As if the world were doubled in love
It reminds me when I awaken
It soothes me into sleep.