I love you
Not only for what you are
But for what I am
When I am with you

I love you
Not only for what you have made of yourself
But for what you are making of me

I love you
For the part of me that you bring out
I love you
For putting your hand into my heaped—up heart

I love you because you......
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done

To make me good
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy

You have done it
Without a touch
Without a word
Without a sign.

You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.