I know not who you are <br /> and your introduction <br /> I have never chanced <br /> and your meeting <br /> never placed <br /> And yet I know you <br /> As a brother and friend <br /> comrade and lover; <br /> I know your longings and desires <br /> (As they are my very own) <br /> I know you with all <br /> your perfections and faults <br /> (As I know my very self) <br /> I know you not for <br /> Who you are but what you are <br /> And it is that bond <br /> Among us as among all men <br /> That I say "I love you" <br /> And yearn with an aching <br /> In my breasts <br /> To say "I know you".<br /><br />Christopher Manes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-letter-to-my-love/
