How Do I/You/He/We/They Love Thee

How do I love you?
How could I not?
I love by my actions
By my thoughts and words
The beats of my heart

How do you love me?
How could you not?
What are your actions?
Do you think of me? Speak of me?
How does your heartbeat change 
At the mention of my name?

He stood there a question on his face
How could he do such a thing?
Yet how could he not?
His actions betrayed him
As did his words and thoughts
His heart raced as he saw her

How do we love each other?
Could we really be apart?
We love by being together
You finish my thought and my sentences
Our hearts beat as one

They love each other don’t they?
I mean how could they not?
See how they are with each other
They’re practically one, finishing each others thoughts
They are the alternating beats of one heart.

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This poem is for a prompt from dVerse: “So today I would like you to challenge yourself and try to write from a different perspective or maybe even several perspectives than what you normally do.

You can do this by either writing something totally new or if you prefer, take an old perspective written from for instance first person singular and change it to third person.”

I couldn’t think of what perspective to write from. I usually write from first or third, though I’ve done second a bit and even third plural. Those have all been done in prose writing mostly. But the thought of taking one piece and switching the perspective intrigued me so I figured I’d do one stanza in each perspective. That is what you got. I hope you enjoy!

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