I Am Not Yours - Sara Teasdale Poem by James McLain

I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.


Oh plunge me deep in love- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.


Sara Teasdale
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When I found you
I was lost.
There was no love,
There,
To be found.

In the storm,
By the turbulent sea.
Through the loud, howling
Wind's, you found me.

Now when you leave me,
Translucent,
I become, you can't see.

If it's true, you love me,
Do not,
Wait in the surf.
At the edge of the sea,
Wait for me.