Tell me softly, my sweet love, <br />Of how I won your heart. <br />Whisper now the gentle tale <br />Of how our love did start. <br /> <br />Tell me how we met by chance <br />One rainy day in June. <br />Tease me now of our first kiss <br />Beneath a summer moon. <br /> <br />Tell me where we said 'hello' <br />And watched the dying storm. <br />Remind me how we huddled close <br />To keep each other warm. <br /> <br />Tell me, love, before I sleep, <br />Of how I won your heart, <br />Let me hear your voice once more <br />Before, at last, we part. <br /> <br />(May 2009)<br /><br />Charles Wiles<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tell-me-softly-best-love-poems/