Resignation Poem by Nikki Giovanni

Resignation

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I love you
because the Earth turns round the sun
because the North wind blows north
sometimes
because the Pope is Catholic
and most Rabbis Jewish
because the winters flow into springs
and the air clears after a storm
because only my love for you
despite the charms of gravity
keeps me from falling off this Earth
into another dimension
I love you
because it is the natural order of things

I love you
like the habit I picked up in college
of sleeping through lectures
or saying I'm sorry
when I get stopped for speeding
because I drink a glass of water
in the morning
and chain-smoke cigarettes
all through the day
because I take my coffee Black
and my milk with chocolate
because you keep my feet warm
though my life a mess
I love you
because I don't want it
any other way

I am helpless
in my love for you
It makes me so happy
to hear you call my name
I am amazed you can resist
locking me in an echo chamber
where your voice reverberates
through the four walls
sending me into spasmatic ecstasy
I love you
because it's been so good
for so long
that if I didn't love you
I'd have to be born again
and that is not a theological statement
I am pitiful in my love for you

The Dells tell me Love
is so simple
the thought though of you
sends indescribably delicious multitudinous
thrills throughout and through-in my body
I love you
because no two snowflakes are alike
and it is possible
if you stand tippy-toe
to walk between the raindrops
I love you
because I am afraid of the dark
and can't sleep in the light
because I rub my eyes
when I wake up in the morning
and find you there
because you with all your magic powers were
determined that
I should love you
because there was nothing for you but that
I would love you

I love you
because you made me
want to love you
more than I love my privacy
my freedom my commitments
and responsibilities
I love you 'cause I changed my life
to love you
because you saw me one Friday
afternoon and decided that I would
love you
I love you I love you I love you

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
David Wood 19 December 2022

That's saying it! But the topic is chocolates and cigarettes! ! !

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Dr Antony Theodore 19 December 2020

I love you because you made me want to love you more than I love my privacy. very nice poem. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 16 April 2020

I am helpless in my love for you It makes me so happy to hear you call my name I am amazed you can resist. love poem in fine words. tony

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Exasperation 15 April 2020

Can you tell me what's the meaning of this word that you keep repeating. It doesn't make any sense.

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Itai W. 12 February 2018

This poem is great for the valentines spirit & is definitely for someone mature enough to handle it.

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Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni

Knoxville, Tennessee
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