, Your Soul Encompassing Mine Poem by Louise Tredoux

Where did you learn to speak
like that, surely Goethe never
reached such lofty heights in
all his poems, Schiller never
touched me so, Ilse Aischinger
made me cry, but here you are,
singing songs of wonder and
love that makes knowing you
more than knowing mere man,
to discover the depths of you will
take a lifetime – to be loved by
you is the greatest wonder of
my life, to find your soul encom-
passing mine, is nothing short
of a miracle...