Uplift

Even on days when I feel pointless, you
Are there within my mind to comfort me.
I hope you feel the same, for in my view,
There is no better love-security
Than feeling from afar the other's voice
Uplifting what had been depressed and low;
And if I had, somehow, to make a choice
I think I'd keep that feeling and let go
Much of what most philosophers call love
(Not that I do not value that as well,
But merely see it as an instance of
The feeling that produces this). I tell
Myself that you are there for me, and pray
You tell yourself the same in some small way.