The longings of our hearts

Across the wilderness

You held out a hand to me

Showing me a tender heart

That so longed to be free

Of pain you could not unburden until

Another soul met yours

So was it any wonder

When I spoke of death

You asked me to stay silent

For you had seen enough of it already

To last a hundred life times

So now my love

I think I know your heart

And I am sure that all these months apart

Have taught me so much more about myself

Than I ever could have known before

And it is with joy I wait to meet

The one who slowly over time

Has worked himself beneath my flesh

And wrapped tendrils of his love

Around and about each living cell 

Leaving me aching for us both to tell

Face to face

The deepest pain

And longings of our hearts