Love awakens the inner self, <br />and let's bloom what is to bloom. <br />Innocence can die young, <br />but, a heart can cure. <br /> <br />Longing, can wage a battle, <br />between thought and wine. <br />But I drink to invention and <br />a river channeled. <br /> <br />Be not a stranger in my house, <br />for warmth beckons peace.<br /><br />M Rene Riel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-awakens/