The Value of Love

I let the longing fill me
That my tears might be set free.
The rose wakens from its shadowy sleep
And out from the veil of time,
You arrive, naked, at my bedside.
Torn from my ungraspable dreams, I waken
Into a world that has no refuge
Except within your embrace.
And as the rose opens to the sun
So my soul opens beneath your smiling face.
As the sun gives the gift of life to the Earth,
So your kiss gives me life
And all I am worth.