I love you.
November 30th, 2006 by Jim Clark
I love you
for too many reasons
So many that I can’t count them all–
I would need to have row upon row of fingers
on a thousand hands
which means I’d need a torso
that is half a mile high
in order to accommodate all my arms
and the sight of me walking down the street
(supported by large trusses on wheels)
would scare small children and make them cry
I love you so much
that it can’t be measured–
If I were to hold my hands apart
and tell you “I love you this much”
my left hand would be here
and my right hand would extend
to the other side of the world
and back around again twice
which would probably hurt a lot
and tear the sleeve of my shirt
(People in France would trip over my elbow
and someone in Beijing would steal my watch)
I will love you
for as long as I live, and even longer–
When the universe has grown tired of
Jay Leno and Tai-Bo and Starbucks and waffle irons
and decides it’s time to implode on itself,
sucking everything inward and crushing it until
there is nothing left, not even dust,
there will be one little speck of light left over
that God will be unable to stamp out
(even with His enormous size 42 billion shoe)
and it will annoy Him so much that He will pull me
down out of Heaven or up from Hell
and smack me for being so persistent
because that indestructable light
will be my love for you
I love you
despite all of these little inconveniences
that wreck my body and tear at my soul–
It will all be worth it
just to see you smile at me
as you hand me an ice cream
cone