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 mother

 I’ve waited unwearyingly though

My reward, a peck

Or even a firm embrace

Ah how my being aches to fasten

In my eyes, the poise

Of my dearly loved!