Yearnings

 

No earthly gift could rival your smile

no worldly treasure compete

with the warmth that you bring when you stay just awhile

to the way that you make life complete.

Your hand's soft touch is poetry found

your warm embrace a song.

Your presence brings a love unbound

though you cannot linger long.

I count the hours when you're away,

the minutes 'til your return

knowing that somehow, some way

you'll feel my heart's sweet yearn.