Do you know what it is to be loved?
Do you?
In the tenderness of light
it starts with a soft caress.
Slowly eases your mind
lifts the souls deep stress.
Consoles you, makes you kind.
She eases your bodily pain.
Leads you through unknown darkness.
Kindness she hopes to gain.
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You know what it is to love.
Don’t you?
In the swamp of dark
I’ll guide her gently through.
In her silent night
if she hurts I’ll carry her too.
Forever searching for light
she rests in me and holds me.
That’s all she needs to do
for her fragile spell to be.
Oud-Berchem, Antwerpen, België