By Mira
Date: 9 November 2000
TenderNear
Open wide those tired arms,
and let me in my darling
I was never gone from you, you see---
was just around the corner,
in another room, out of sight---
but never away.
Let me touch my fingers to your temples,
light touches to draw away tightness,
soothe and cool
and oh, let me hold you close
and whisper to you dove soft
stroke the wayward hair from your eyes
and tell you once or a thousand times
that i need you want you love you
and the day was double long
without the soft sound of your words.
I have never told you how it feels
to know that you are loving me
as I make my way through work, chores, life---
but when I touch you like this
and speak low and even
I think you know.
I want you tendernear my darling---
tendernear my dear.
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