In Love's Sweet Embrace

In Love's Sweet Embrace      January 11, 2013

A minuet down by the pond

Would only be so sweet

As the lady in my arms

Locked tightly against my breast.

She consumes my soul,

And I am but amazed by her grace,

Feeling as if but for only one day,

I can maintain my sanity

Because of her love and compassion.

I scan her eyes to read her thoughts,

And I think, "Lo! She is an angel!"

I have never been adequate

At expressing my feelings to anyone,

But somehow, I have managed

To conjure a few brief words

To describe my love for her.

We mustn't get ahead of ourselves,

For waiting makes the heart grow fonder.

Finally, though, I break down,

Feeling a helpless desire to tear loose

And declare to her that yes,

She is the object of my desires and wants,

My confusion for lust when it is but love,

My dearest affinity sent by God

To save me from myself and devilish desperation.

If I had but one day, one moment to live,

Let it be spent until we die in love's sweet embrace.