...........................My love arrives
disguised by night
when daytime eyes
are closed
in sleep.
So soft
he breathes
that he may hear
me as I speak
those never-ending
loving words
to the rhythm
of his heart;
those words
he's heard
so oft' before.
He strokes my hair
and holds me close
and whispers words
into my ear;
repeats those words
those loving words
those long forbidden
loving words
that only I
may hear.
He fills my
yearning soul
with love
that makes
me whole
and though
at daybreak
he may go
his heart
will ever stay
and through
the night we
speak of love
'til sun's harsh rays
steal him away
and when I wake
I wake alone
but even though
my heart may ache
I know with no
uncertain faith
that when
I go to
sleep again
he will return
to kiss my face
and hold me close
and whisper words
of endless love
and he will
fill my
dreams
©Jane Paterson Basil