Her breast was warm and tender was her face <br />Secure was I within her long embrace <br />Protected from the pain of human care <br />It seemed that I was ever part of her <br /> <br />But then I stirred awakened by the dawn <br />The time had come at last and I was born <br />The sun shone brighter than I`d seen before <br />I looked around and she was there no more <br /> <br />Then from hell`s kingdom sprang a raging fire <br />To fill my heart with longing and desire <br />Within my mind I knew that I was I <br />A thousand times to live, a thousand times to die <br /> <br />(Oh who was he who tore me from her breast <br />And left me here to weep with grief possessed <br />To wander through earth`s shadows I alone <br />Yet seeking him through whom I must atone) <br /> <br />Her tears as rain spilled down upon the earth <br />To soothe away the pain of mortal birth <br />And `neath the waters glowed the sun`s pure light <br />Through softly fading shadows of the night <br /> <br />(Where earth meets heaven dwells the sacred dove <br />And there I seek to find his perfect love <br />The sun will shine e`er brighter than before <br />In death`s abode when I am I no more)<br /><br />Valerie Dohren<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-140/
