The Earth Turns South/When I Love You

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4415400The Earth Turns South — When I Love YouClement Richardson Wood

WHEN I LOVE YOU

When I love you
Let not my love pour fouled and thinned,
Like close air in a stuffy room;
Let my desire enfold you
Like sunlight drenching flowers.

Let me not woo you
With doubtful chatter and sinuous hint,
Sibilant and cautious;
I would sweep through you
Like a swelling rain-wind through a thirsty forest.

I would lie on your lips
Like moon shimmer on quiet water,
One with you
As day and night are one,
As life and death are one.