the tenses of love..

This seems like a sequel to that famous poem that starts "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." [EDIT: Elizabeth Barrett Browning]

So to me, this is nothing original. You said you didn't want imagery, that's fine: but the poem is nothing new. Of course, if you weren't striving for an original voice, then that's fine, but unambitious.

i admit that i found this rather average, cardboard cut and dull. pershaps you can expand on this vision of black and white love to something more eloquent and poetic.