Outside Of Loving You Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell

It is not what the day might bring
nor the night-stars' light unbroken.
There is not a single thing
nor a single token.
There is nothing anyone can say
nor nothing anyone can do.
There is nothing to brighten my day
outside of loving you.

It is not the fragrance of the rose
nor the sun that lights the sky.
It is not the stream that flows
nor the blue winds passing by.
It is nothing which I can claim
nor mortal time can freeze.
It is nothing which I can name
and nothing which I can seize.

It is not a look nor word,
not a smile nor cheerful greeting,
nor something seen nor heard
nor nothing life repeating.
It is nothing bound in rhyme,
nothing deeper and true.
It lives outside of time
but not outside of you.