"If you can annunciate the syllables of nature then your mind is still..."

I do love you, you know?
I’ve never really met someone like you
Willing to stand and wait with outstretched
Hands and be patient enough to stand when
I shy away and tend to hide under the covers.

“If you can speak without thinking about what you’re going to say…”

Then you know it doesn’t have anything
To do with the person standing in front of
You, just waiting to take your hand and kiss
You until you fall over from laughter and can’t
Think of anything else to do except to stare at the
Useless clocks that cover that old kitchen table.

“If you can annunciate the syllables of nature, then your mind is still…”

And I still love you.