If I had a lifetime's sins <br /> <br />to spend <br />I would spend them all on you <br /> <br />for your single kiss. <br /> <br />If all my yearnings could be gathered and condensed <br />I'd place them before you <br /> <br />for a single glance; <br />and tell you <br /> <br />I want you. <br /> <br />If all time allotted to me on this earth <br />was a single instant <br /> <br />I'd open-palm offer it to you <br />and gladly pronounce you <br /> <br />worth it. <br /> <br />If love mine <br />was all I had <br /> <br />I'd give it <br />asking nothing in return; <br /> <br />because self-less love <br />even if unrequited <br />has no need for recompense <br /> <br />or return; <br />but love of this kind for you <br />has already made me <br />a better person <br />than I am. <br /> <br />If you too <br />reach for me <br />to paint my soul <br />with the crimson brush <br />which are you lips, <br />then I'll be all the more blessed. <br /> <br />If not <br />this heart will not burst <br />for Love's True Bounty <br /> <br />gives <br />Love Immortal <br />subfussing the soul <br />which never dies; <br />A bounty which is the Heart's True Salvation <br />For that <br /> <br />I thank you <br />my sweet <br />my lady.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-bounty-2/
