Yes

You look captivating in blue silk

We sway to this soft lilt

Will you dance with me tonight?

Under the white moonlight

In your eyes, I see the stars

We'll make it though all life's scars

We still made it, even now

You and I

Even though life dragged us down

Do you remember the good times?

Back when we were just student and teacher?

Studying the many different creatures

We've come so far from those days

But I still love you; nothing will change the affection in my gaze

You have grown so much; soon you'll find a man of your own

If that man isn't me, I'll still wish you well

But I'll be living a lie, dying in a living hell

For I'd want you as mine

Not as a proud trophy, not for sympathy, but for love, even if it is so delicate and fine

Gossips are abundant in the court

"Their just jealous" I reply

And yet I try to protect you from their glaring eyes

I was drowning in the sea of my lies

Someone saved me, aided me to rise

From this darkness they took me

Restored me from the ocean of my demise

It was you, I know

Back nearly three years ago

When I couldn't shift back into a man

You still make me feel like that hawk: special and grand

I take your hand and lead you

To the garden to talk

But that soon turned into a long walk

I take your shoulders and kiss you, you can only gasp

Your voice a cracking rasp

As you wrap your arms around my neck

You're probably, beneath that smile, a nervous wreck

But I am too

A nervous wreck of a mage

In a book I can turn to the next page

But in life, there's only so much I can do

You are my love

In times of war, my white dove

In winter you are my warm fire

In times of a blizzard, oh so cold and dire

All I can say Daine, is this:

"I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life at your side"

Now I could hold my breath wait for the answer, like awaiting a tidal wave

That will wash me ashore

You could tell me not to ask anymore

Or did you suffocate waiting for me to ask?

Your heart beats eagerly, oh so fast

The white of the moon accents your pale skin and dress

I can only plea you'll answer as you square your shoulders and face me

And say the answer I have been waiting for all this time, even before all this

I see falling from your eyes, tears of bliss

My heart swells at the expected guess

As you whisper one word:

"Yes"