When life becomes a sea of pain. <br />And in every moment of agony, <br />I need you with me all through the way. <br />And every longing as coursed as mortal <br /> <br />It is a curse as when cruised <br />As fight by instinct for each breath. <br />I need you with me to guide me <br />As when reveled the truth by the night <br /> <br />pain yet not wrung from those who wait <br />by the fear and hope both on hill top <br />the grief or joy as when curved of their clear fate. <br />Even if I rave as I swear to the rainbow by the rain <br /> <br />You watch me helpless from the shore <br />Sailing thus, though loved, alone being in void <br />As I endure again, again the thrust of pang <br />I need you with me to embrace my dream <br /> <br />Some day, perhaps, my heart repose <br />As when poised yet by the impatience, <br />When the passion being smooched by the state. <br />As pain cannot be wrung from those who wait <br />By the fear and hope both when untamed<br /><br />Mary Wismer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-i-swear-by-the-rain/
