, How Excellent A Lover Poem by Louise Tredoux

It is cold outside, not even
a stray ray of sunshine to
lift the gloom, the landscape
is doomed – as is my soul
unless you send me magic
words to lift my eyes beyond
this little world

You went off to work, whistling,
ready to tackle the dolphin problem,
looking forward to study the great
white, whales and manta rays –
everything sounds so exciting
simply because your enchanting
eyes confer magic on them

Come home, my beloved, after
your work is done, come and listen
to my song, come and study the
things I have done, I’m a marine
animal also, I am your clown fish
to make you laugh forgetting all
about duty and work and

In showing me how excellent
a lover you can be!