LOVER

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I love your beautiful face
And gentle voice
And slim strong body,
Bursting with vitality;

Your magnificent body and radiant soul
Have made me whole,
And filled the emptiness
I have always felt till now.

Though my life has been one of striving,
I have been only half alive,
And lacked the will
To finish the tasks
For which my spirit was made flesh;

I did not know that only you
Could make my mind and body flower,
And flood me with the power
To fulfil my destiny;

For God sent me to you
And you to me,
To help each other,
And to strengthen us both,
To accomplish what we were born to do.


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For D.B.