"How I Long For You"
When my whole being turns upside down,
When all the fears of a lifetime gather in a single, uninvited attack
And paralyze my most intense will,
When a single, unexpected touch from you, an unsolicited kiss, a smile, a spontaneous word of love
Would make me know for a time that all the pain is somehow worthwhile.
Only love seems to make it all bearable
As I struggle to hang on to a passing cloud.
Only love can create final healing as I whisper my terror to the wind.
Only love can undo what wounds and violence and time have done.
Only love can transform this abiding fear into sustaining life and wholeness.
And thus, like a child lost in the dark alleys of a massive city too confusing and frightening,
I long for you, not to save me,
But to love me as no one ever has."
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