You Poem by Paul Reed

You



I know you very well,
Better than you know yourself,
For I have come to realise
My imprint,
My self in you;

For all that it is
That I have in me,
Whatever it amounts to,
Useless, or not,
Has been given to you;

All of my heart
That beats in me
So loudly,
That no-one else hears,
You hear;

My fears and misgivings,
Mistakes and errors,
Will surely recur,
Wrong ways taken
You will take;

But their darkness will be lit
With hope,
Protection offered,
By my home-loving
Which is etched in your soul;

Solitude and shyness
Will haunt and hamper,
Will be a river to cross,
But you will get there
Like me;

You will find in yourself
An inner core,
Stronger than could have been guessed
Waiting at the heart,
The very centre of you;

Great moments of joy
Peaks and highs
On the special days,
Worth more than any gold
These too are yours;

Be better than me
Set a higher bar,
A nobler standard,
For you can truly surpass
What has gone before;

And in my sleep,
My resting somewhere else,
I will stir,
Gently touch you
And say that I love you.

Monday, April 11, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: love
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