I don’t need to hear you say “I love you”, I
want to know you do by the look in your eyes,
the touch of your hand, the way you listen when
I talk. I don’t need candy, flowers, diamonds or
trips around the world. I only need you to be there
during my darkest hours when I cover my head
and wail like a lost child because life has left me
bereft. I need you by my side when it counts: when
the hurricane is coming, when loved ones die, when
friends desert, when I fall into the biggest, darkest
hole I’ve ever been in in my life and I push you away
and say I hate you and I hate my life and all other
manner of despicable things. I want to know you
will never, ever leave me.
And I do know.
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Charlotte Hamrick 
Beautiful, all the other signals of love. I like ‘the way you listen when I talk’ that. speaks. volumes.
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I loved every bit of this. This is as apt a description of true love as I have ever read. Thanks Mosk
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nice…lots of truth in this…i need you more than anything you could ever give me…and that is love….
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This poem is lovely from start to finish. I don’t know how to say how wonderful it is–you have taken the most ordinary of words and made a solid block of magic. I’m so glad I read it.
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very nice.. that is comfort and stability of love that is true and loyal ~
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What a magical journey in all its honesty. Beautiful piece of writing, Charlotte.
Pamela
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So true, just as much can be found from watching as from those three words.
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exactly…it’s important to know they are there when the storm tears our world apart…love the honesty in this…and that you see it in his eyes with no need for words.. this is true valentine i guess..
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Spoken with heart’s truth. May it be heard and heeded and returned – Brendan
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A great piece! You have expressed well what counts.
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