The Earth Turns South/When I Love You
WHEN I LOVE YOU
When I love youLet not my love pour fouled and thinned,Like close air in a stuffy room;Let my desire enfold youLike sunlight drenching flowers.
Let me not woo youWith doubtful chatter and sinuous hint,Sibilant and cautious;I would sweep through youLike a swelling rain-wind through a thirsty forest.
I would lie on your lipsLike moon shimmer on quiet water,One with youAs day and night are one,As life and death are one.