where would i go but here, my love? <br />and whither would i flee? <br />before my own and very heart <br />has overtaken my retreat, <br />and made me her infernal haunt; <br />a slave to alibi - undone <br />or daunted by the spectre of <br />what could have been, <br />were i but brave. <br /> <br />what would i do but this, my love? <br />what other life compares? <br />when eden fits me like a glove, <br />and paradise is where you are? <br />'twould be sheer folly did i leave <br />in search of treasures i possess; <br />in forfeiture of destinies <br />myself had dreamed of <br />former days.<br /><br />moon batchelder<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-would-i-go-but-here/
