When I Say I Love You Poem by Greg Oosterhouse

When I say I love you, I am saying that I respect you.
May you always know I will never reject you.
You are a special blessing to my life.
My love for you is too thick to be cut with a knife.

When I say I love you, I am saying I admire you.
As my life long friend, I wish to hire you.
Truly, you were sent to me by the Lord.
I am amazed in the fact that it is you I can afford!

When I say I love you I am saying that I want the best for you.
I want there to be quiet peace and rest for you.
I rejoice in your happy hours,
Like walking through a garden of flowers.

When I say I love you, I am not saying that I want you.
With no pursuits will I pester or haunt you.
Put away all thoughts that I am one to avoid.
May I never make you by my presence annoyed.

All I want with you is your friendship so true.
To be there when you are sad and blue.
Let their be nothing to break our bond.
Always remember that it is of you that I am fond.


Lord, there is none beside, nor before You.
Domine Deus, tu solus sanctus. Amen.