My Feelings I Cannot Hide (Italian Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(for Annelize)

My heart-felt feelings I cannot now hide,
there is electricity when you are here
and to tell you of this I have no fear,
even if change come as the turning tide,

you are like my heartbeat on the inside,
you will not be to me a saboteur
and with more than principle I hold you dear,
know embraces with your arms open wide,

I know the sweet taste of your soft red lips,
the sensation of a passionate kiss,
your perfume's intoxicating smell,
the way you walk with swaying hips,
how the satin of your dress do hiss
and these things do me of you tell.