how do I cherish you? let me count the ways
I cherish your stubborn persistance
that thrusts you through objectives insurrmountable
that stomps you through arguments uncountable
I cherish your frequent fickle blush
the ways you try and make it hush
I cherish your thoughful, probing mind
that examines an issues sides to find
every view and possibility of any kind
lest we consider not and so be blind
I cherish your excited, demonstrative stance
that begets your many coloured gestures’ dance
which light that sparkle in your eye
and cause sarcastic mimicry to fly
I cherish your hellos and even your goodbyes
for they accompany your profusest smiles and deepest sighs
the friendship that I cherish most
between these grows more deep, more close
