If fate should deal that blow that severs <br />and I should fall 'neath deaths dark sword <br /> <br />I want from you my wife and lover <br />a promise vowed with your word <br /> <br />That 'fore you choose to seek or follow <br />to set sail from lifes green shore <br /> <br />You must go to my ivory body <br />and climb the bier on which I'm borne <br /> <br />Take my head in your arms <br />and hold me to your breast <br /> <br />Then gently lay sweet kisses <br />upon my pale and lifeless lips <br /> <br />Hold me to your bosom <br />long into the night <br /> <br />Hold me with sweet love <br />not sorrow nor with fright <br /> <br />For if there were anything <br />that could break deaths cold bond <br /> <br />To bring a soul searching back <br />for mortal form from beyond <br /> <br />It is your sweet kiss and loving embrace<br /><br />James Jarrett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kiss-40/
