building a mystery

i love you.

pause. why?

what do you mean?

pause. why do you love me? (why would you love me?)

i don't know. i just love you.

pause. why?

when i look at you, i just want to love you.

silence. why me? why not anyone else?

pause. why do you love me?

i don't know, i just do.

you see!

when she fell silent, she was already convinced. that was the difference between the pauses and the silences. his one-liners always stunned her; they were always perfectly simple and simply perfect. most importantly, they were from his heart. love uncomplicated itself in his presence. it was just...love. but she never told him so, told him that she believed. she always added an extra "why?" for good measure, to make sure that it wasn't a mistake. she didn't have to. noone could have said it better, something so simple and true.

"when i look at you, i just want to love you."