I don’t love you just a bit
Not a marble-sized amount that fits
between my finger and my thumb;
I don’t love you just a gram
Not a dollop in my hand,
a little bigger than a crumb;
I don’t love you just a swarm
Nothing fitting in my arms
like some buzzing happy thoughts;
I don’t love you like a map
that I could spread out on my lap
And mark in squares with pens and dots;
I love you more than I could show
by standing on my tippy-toes!
I love you more than I could draw
if the line crossed all I saw!
I love you like the great big sky
that stretches wide and stretches high
and wanders off to outer space!
Can you see love light my face?
for Chloe, who is three and a half
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