Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Tuesday 14 February 2023

Affection,

fondness,
intimate and mutual
appreciation,
best-friendship

all mean more than love
– especially when combined.

Certainly, I would rather be
appreciated than loved,
perhaps because I felt loved
rather than appreciated
as a child,

and would rather be
(and have been) treasured
than measured.


2 comments:

Jindra K. Hrdlička said...

Well said. I always maintained that saying I love you means very little unless is accompanied by doing loveable things.

Wofl said...

Yes, Jindřich, I love you is, at the very least, a very lazy and sloppy generalisation. Much better to say what you love in and about the person or canine in question.

– The Sometimes Lover of Silence