Taking You Into Memory...

Don't go yet... I'm still burning to memory the way you look right now. I know the whole of you... and the best of you, I'm working on the small parts. The turn of your ear... the little crinkle at your eyes and mouth when you smile. The change of expression when you are saying good-bye. So many little parts that make up the whole of you. A slight narrowing in your eyes when you're serious about something. The sparkle of your eyes that flash brightly when you're just playing. And the look you give me that is better than any gift ever received. Yes... your body is fabulous. (Twenty somethings envy your forty something physique.) Your long, lean tanned legs, the perfect smile... the eyes that hold me in complete awe. Even the small turn to the toes from your rest of your foot. All these things are wonderful. But I'm looking at the smallest of things. Measuring them and wondering about them. And hearing myself saying, "Yes, I love that about her, too." You see, anyone can admire the obvious parts. Anyone can look and think now that's very nice. But not many will look closer and see the total beauty of you. So, if you don't mind... give me a couple more minutes... perhaps an hour or two... or a few days... or years... decades... to memorize and love the completeness of you. I don't want to take a chance and miss something that would cause me to love you more.