Of all the things that need to grow <br />this plant must be allowed to thrive <br />we watch and nurture and we KNOW <br />that LOVE itself has come alive, <br />to utter doubts and low esteem <br />is just a deal we often strike <br />with forces that may end our dream <br />it's not the finger in the dyke <br />that will decide, for in the end <br />YOU shall wear flowers in your hair <br />and drape them as we then suspend <br />around my face, where lips will share <br />and time will lose its innate might <br />as forces far beyond our reach <br />grant licence to defy the night <br />to watch as clouds move to impeach <br />their sinister and envious shades <br />four hands and arms may now embrace <br />and as the past's reflection fades <br />we hold, our eyes are keen to face <br />what surely must have been ordained. <br />Of all the things that need to grow <br />through caring hands and minds has gained <br />tis true, there is no doubt, we know <br />our LOVE has risen from the earth <br />and, like a mantle of sweet dew <br />held tight while sharing its own birth <br />with US, I KNOW and so do YOU.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tis-our-love-now/
