Love, Sample My Heart Again Poem by Mark Heathcote

Love, sample my heart again
Sample it like a starry carnival Ferris wheel
Sample it as an eternal fire
Sample it as the wind and hailstone
Sample it as a salty briny sea
Sample it as a fleeting rainbow wrapped around the world
Sample it tumbling down some bottomless bracken well
Love, sample my heart again and leave lipstick on my lapel
Sample it as a snowball gathering weight only to melt again.

Love, smell these wildflowers in my soul
There are waves that foam and crash but never reach home.

So, if you're in any doubt tug at my arm like a horse on the reign
You'll see me rear again on a snowy mountain's peak.
Neighing we'll leap over galaxies the stars in our sleep.
Sampling all there is to remember and keep safe as a keepsake
Love, sample my heart again
Sample the clear cold day on your cheek the morning dew
And hear me say you are the sunshine each-and-every day
Love, you are a broken curse that sends me sunlight gold
And like a lost and found sheep, I want to join your fold.

Love, smell these wildflowers in my soul
There are waves that foam and crash but never turn back for home.

Love, each clasp of your hand is like a prayer of reverence that never ends.
And it's now I realise just how much I've been saved never to be alone again.
Love, sample my heart again
Love, sample my heart again
Love, sample my heart again, I want to join your fold.