The Other Poems
I Love You

I have to, but I love you, so I want to.
You say I do not have to, but I want to,
and even if I did not want to, I would have to,
but because I love you, I do not have to.
   I want to.
Then it is neither what I have
   nor what I want,
but whom I love,
and neither whom I have to love
   nor whom I want to love,
but whom I love. I love you.
   I have to, and I want to,
and I love you.
~ by Michael Rew / Email: witness@psonnets.org