Tangled in thought am I, <br />Stumble in speech do I? <br />Do I blunder and blush for the reason why? <br />Wander aloof do I, <br />Lean over gates and sigh, <br />Making friends with the bee and the butterfly? <br /> <br />If thus and thus I do, <br />Dazed by the thought of you, <br />Walking my sorrowful way in the early dew, <br />My heart cut through and through <br />In this despair of you, <br />Starved for a word or a look will my hope renew: <br /> <br /> <br />give then a thought for me <br />Walking so miserably, <br />Wanting relief in the friendship of flower or tree; <br />Do but remember, we <br />Once could in love agree, <br />Swallow your pride, let us be as we used to be.<br /><br />Robert Graves<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lover-since-childhood/
