Lover, Come!

lover, come! i cannot bear another moment. i walk aimless through fields, down wooded paths to where the water sings against the rocks! i have forgotten you, forgotten your name, forgotten your face! all that i have left are the faint memories of smells and tastes and hunger and timeless indentions left by touch and feel and need lover, come! lover, come! through storms and battles, years of hardship and loss... through chains and bars and tears never cried, words never formed... i have travelled, i have endured, alone, and cold, ... beaten, and proud, tired, and sleepless... till now i am old. lover, come! my body yearns and burns, my hands tremble- yet are strong! i want to feel you again, i want to know you again. to conquer and surrender, never knowing which is which, not caring! lover, come! in the still of night, in the heat of day, come take my hand! we'll walk off together without a glance, without regrets, daring to live these precious moments lover, come!