I know I love you because I miss you.

It is not what you do,
How you look,
What you feel like,
How good a lover you are.
How compatable we are.
Or the interests we share.
It isn't even your conversation.
Or your unique smell.
It is not because my friends say we make a good couple.
Or that I am lucky to be with you.
It is not because we made children together.
Have shared assets.
It is most definitely not to avoid loneliness.
Or that I have made my bed and must now sleep in it.

The fact is that I know I love you.
Because I am happier being with you,
Than being without you.
I think conversations to you when we are apart.
And in those quieter moments,
When I am not distracted by other thoughts or responsibilities.
I miss you.