All I feel is the beat of your life
Fluttering there
Fluttering
Like something that might fly from me at any time
A gentle, frightened bird
Threatening me with loneliness
Do not take fright
Gentle creature
Delicate songbird
Stay on the low branches
Or even the highest limb
Of the tallest tree
But stay near enough
That I might hear your song
My songbird
Sing to me
Please
Sing and let me hear you
Even if it is to the night
Rather than to me
Sing and sing and sing
And do not fly away
Stay above me
In this tree
Or near this one
A place where I might follow
My songbird
My beating heart
Stay beside me
Above me
Near me
Do not leave me
.…
For you are all I have
And will ever want