Tuesday 5 October 2021

Wait

Nearby but far away, is

my beloved, whom I can’t see

 

How laborious

To watch hours tick

Like unhurried days

How poignant

this nameless distance

Between Him and me

 

But can a love so deep

live without wait?

 

In the briny sea of wait,

dance the salt of love

In every drop

Mingling and melding

Indissoluble and eternal

Like Him and me


O Dearly loved!

I wait, Nervy, eager, in anticipation Like the first birth of a child Heart quivering to clasp him close Nights bereft of sleep Like a new...