Pools of Truth, Reflecting Back

Pools of Truth, Reflecting Back
by Dan Ankers

When someone views you with love in their eyes,
they see you, pretty much as you are.
When someone views you with that kind of love,
you aren't perfect, nor are you an angel,
sent from above.
When someone sees you as you are
and wants to follow you to the moon,
just because the love your tries and your attempts
to be your very best, through your failures
and your resentments,
hoping to see you back on track again,
hoping to see you reach your full potential
with a smile on your face,
with all the love and desire and hope they can muster.
 And willing to persevere, through all the years...
through all the tears,
through all the pain,
I'd call that love.
(Some would call it "stupid")
But, sometimes you just know
and sometimes you are even correct
that there is more to a person
than their history
or mere mortal
shell
represents.

Sometimes, it's even worth it...
...Not very often.
But, where would we of us be
without these pools of truth,
the hopes and dreams and the beliefs of others,
reflecting back at us what they see?