I Do Not

I do not love you
As you do me
She said to me,
I asked if love
Had settings
On the handle.
I love you as a friend
She said to me,
I asked if she slept
And lived with
All her friends
And she laughed
And looked away.
I love your company
She said to me,
I asked her if
She did not think
That was love to me
And she seemed relieved
I did not expect her to
Love me truly madly
Deeply though of
Course I do.
Love comes from
The heart,
Good company
From the head.
So I must away
From hopes of love
And settle for friends
Living together,
Hard to put up
With such
Drivel
From friends,
Only love
Allows such
License.
Though perhaps
Love like passion comes
Alive when we least
Expect or want
To find it,
Color
Me the
Eternal optimist,
She lights up
My life.