amazing love

that i should have lived my life
so many years without you
chalking up points that time would nullify
with such disdain
as to leave me empty, cold and broken
along the side of life

that i could have lavished
the tender feelings of my heart
upon slight subjects
that have known
only how to take
and never how to give

that i should have been destined
to wash my own heart
with the ocean of its own tears
and to have languished
for true acknowledgement
of sincere commitment
or tireless virtue
or guileless wine
a wholesome sacrifice
in one single companion

that i should
at the end of all my wandering
and my desperation
place my finger upon your pulse
as if i were measuring
my own heartbeat

and that i should know
that no other love
can warm my soul
the way you warm every part of me
the way you fulfill all my dreams
the way you take me
to extraordinary places
where together you can cherish me
and i can cherish you
moment by moment
experience after experience
day to livelong day
i pledge at last
the best of myself
in pursuit of one beautiful life
in the eternal fortress
of an amazing love…

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