Tonight before my eyes she sleeps <br />Another part of her that’s new to me <br />In a distant land that soothes her <br />Where her heart truly longs to be <br />And I wonder as I watch her rest <br />What thoughts dwell upon her mind <br />Of the hold that she has over me <br />Or could a heart so loved be blind <br /> <br />My gaze, upon her soft beauty, lingers gently <br />That supple wondrous world to my hands unknown <br />Where they long to settle and remain, as do my eyes <br />Before this night and summer dreams, have all too quickly flown <br />For come that morn ten days from now <br />And those that wait beyond it’s tender moon <br />How I’ll cherish then, what my eyes behold here <br />Alone with the memory, of a goodbye said too soon….<br /><br />Anthony Sullivan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-a-sleeping-beauty/
