The poem below I wrote in 1974. It was not written with anyone specific in mind but was written in response to a sentence from a deep, insightful paper entitled If I Were Your Counselee; it was written by Milton Cudney, a professor of counseling at Western Michigan University.
“Think what we would have going for us, though, if you and I and others contributed only a little to each other, but that this little was multiplied by each succeeding experience we had with each other.”
Milton Cudney
WHY DO I LOVE YOU? Why do I love you? Because you love me. And when you love me, You become a part of me. And I love you Because I love myself. Why do I love you? Because you love me. And when you love me, I become a part of you. And when I become a part of you, I am bigger than myself. Why do I love you? Because you love me. And your love for me And my love for you Makes us both Bigger than we are. What happens whe we Are both bigger than we are? We have love to give To someone else - Even to someone who Does not love us back.
