“Just Because”

I asked her why she loved me so,

     She answered, “just because”;

I asked her how she knew, and lo!

     She answered, “just because”.

I asked her why she asked me why

I loved her so persistently,

And with a womanish reply

     She answered, “just because”.

I asked her why she wept so oft,

     She answered, “just because”,

Why she should chide me sweet and soft,

     She answered, “just because”.

I asked her why she missed me so

When far away, then bade me go

Without a passing sign of woe?

     She answered, “just because”.

In desperation then I sought

     A key to “just because”;

Why she that answer always brought,

     That puzzling “just because”.

I asked her why she thus replied

To every tender question plied?

And then that little vixen cried:

     “It’s really, just because!”

June 26, ’10