AWAKENED LOVE

To you my love, tender and careful,
At first distant and remote,
Shielding your heart and soul
How difficult to have gained
Your confidence, your trust
Were it but not for sincere, genuine true love
Your heart would never have opened
To let the rays of bright love in
Thus turning a hurt, hardened heart
Into one once more of compassion capable of love.

The warmth in your words unmistakable
Give rise to the fondest dreams of my heart
Assuring, reinforcing a wonderful vision
Of two minds, two hearts, striving for togetherness
A feat no longer impossible, no longer that far apart.

Your tenderness smites my very being
Your wishes surely my command
Seeking, yearning, longing to be with you
Every hour, minute, second that I can
Feelings of contentment, happiness all around
Supreme joy I want to share with all the world.

Herbert Holzbauer
© March 2001