Life-gems

 A minnesang 

(my internet was down all day so I took revenge...and wrote:) It was fun.

I hope you come to me

Completely un-rushed

For I need you next to me

But not hurried or pushed

How do we love each other; let’s count the ways

Time is a priceless commodity these days

I hope you stop long enough

Oh, I hope you stay

Until we have run out of

All we need to say

And even then, you would find no reason to leave

As we listen to the night slipping over the eve

Moments are life-gems

We cannot count or number

Or know how many of them

Fill time’s vault ‘til we slumber

True sorrow is looking back to yesterday

Regretting the life-gems we threw away

© Janet Martin