My lover, I wait

My darling

I yearn for you

I desire your embrace

your arms at my waist

your head on my shoulder

your lips at my neck

as your hold me and cherish me

 

I am weak with wanting for your love

as it seeps into me from your touch

through your arms as they embrace me

through the weight of your head as it rests on me

through your lips as they caress me

as protection and provision you have sought for me fill our courtyard

 

My beloved

I am yours

though we, neither of us, know the other

I love you and wait in my garden

praying for you and those who care for you in my stead

 

Though I wait, it is not done in passivity

I hurt

the gate of my garden was discovered by a trickster

when I was barely a bud

long before I was ready to bloom

I hurt too

because the courtyard of my parents was left untended

neglected

my brothers and sisters too were injured

in the rot that our parents received from forefathers

 

I work with a gentle and nurturing gardener

to help me heal the vandalism at my gate

and remove the rot from my garden

that when we build our courtyard

my work will not bring such taint with it

 

I am afraid to look for you

my heart

because my insides are shattered

and are weary from the injury done to me

I am afraid of imposters that would lure me

with soothing words and touches

and that I would allow them into your place

 

I wait for you

my love

guarding my secret garden from further harm

building it up for the day

I may give you the only key

that we may bask in  its fragrance

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6 replies
  1. Harper Shelby Thornton says:

    My heart can't help but break when I read these yearnings for a love. But you have written it so well and I hope that you and the others who have written these tender posts will find love. You'd make wonderful spouses. God bless you

  2. Lovinghusband says:

    Beautiful! May God grant you the wisdom to both guard wisely – while not being paralyzed by past fears. A balance that He can give you to be both careful – yet open.

    God bless you. LH

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