I Think I Like You Better Now

This poem is one I wrote for my husband.  It is written in iambic heptameter: x/x/x/x/x/x/x/, form AABB.

 

I Think I Like You Better Now

 

I think I like you better now; it’s been a little while

Since first you took my breath away with just a passing smile.

When love was fresh and new and fast, before life took its toll–

I think I like you better now, with weathered heart and soul.

 

I think I like you better now than when it just was us,

Before the babies came with all their love and joy and fuss,

When it was husband, wife, alone, who shared each long night through.

I think I like our love stretched thin, for more than me and you.

 

I think I like you better now, a little gray and worn,

A little tired, weary, from the burdens we have borne,

But ready with a smile and touch that leaves me breathless, still–

I think I like you better now; I think I always will.