You, love, and I, <br />(He whispers) you and I, <br />And if no more than only you and I <br />What care you or I ? <br /> <br />Counting the beats, <br />Counting the slow heart beats, <br />The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats, <br />Wakeful they lie. <br /> <br />Cloudless day, <br />Night, and a cloudless day, <br />Yet the huge storm will burst upon their heads one day <br />From a bitter sky. <br /> <br />Where shall we be, <br />(She whispers) where shall we be, <br />When death strikes home, O where then shall we be <br />Who were you and I ? <br /> <br />Not there but here, <br />(He whispers) only here, <br />As we are, here, together, now and here, <br />Always you and I. <br /> <br />Counting the beats, <br />Counting the slow heart beats, <br />The bleeding to death of time in slow heart beats, <br />Wakeful they lie.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/counting-the-beats/
