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.
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