Invaluable Love

Too valuable to toss aside
too good to throw away
And so you hold it deep inside
in hopes somewhere, someday-
a soul will walk across your path
who sees the world your way.

A soul who finds the beauty
in both the rainbow and the rain
A heart that finds the threads of love
in life's tapestry of pain.

And when you find that soul
you must hold on with all your might
to keep this light within your life
in days of darkest night.

I Carry Your Heart With Me

 

(e.e. cummings)

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
                                  i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

[When I'm going to be away for awhile, I post a few of my favorite poems in advance.  I only recently started reading e.e. cummings' poetry.  This is one of my favorites so far. ]

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.

Patience

 

Our hours end in love's soft flow

I dare not ask you not to go

For though I know you honour me,

you cannot heed soft-spoken plea

Life takes you elsewhere, off in time

You must obey its gentle rhyme

While I exist in silent faith

'Til you return and love awakes