The A to Z of Love


Alone, before you came, I was
Beset with loneliness and wept
a Sea of tears. Man I might be,
Defence I'd none, if not the
Enormity of sorrow, threatening to
Efface me. No survival in the
Genes, though outsiders did see
A cheerful game of disposition
I maintained. But inside just a
Jaded wretched heart, tearing apart,
Canine jaws, scoring my soul,
Elbowing paws, digging my mind,
Emptiness of the tortured corpse.

Until you came. Unknowingly you
Opened your inner self to me,
Peering diffident to mine, you
Queried the wisdom of your grudgéd trust.
Are you still so? What's my
Especial draw, if any but that
Teeming with joy at the proximity
You gave and give to me. I
Veer to life's blissful side. This you may
Dub all you like innate resilience,
External shape of middle-age content.
Why should you? This joy you have cau-
Séd to reside in me is all your merriment.


October 9th, 1998