Close are the bonds of friendship's love.
Tighter than guy-ropes made of steel
Are the ties of affection, proving
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Let there be spaces
In any togetherness.
Welcome the other's need.
Make room for solo
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Darkly wrapping ourselves in lonliness,
Withdrawing inside a wearisome heart
In no way prepares our life in readiness
To encounter the time when true love can start.
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A bunch of dried heather
Now faded.
Long dead,
Still sits in a vase on
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Today folk amble along mine tracks
Where once tin was hard hauled.
Inclines were handled by boys, blackened
With pit dust, bare armed, mauled
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Give me a heart that is free.
Unfettered and untroubled mind.
Give me contentment, then help me
Resolve to leave any worries behind.
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Being created by Love
To love life,
I grow daily
To love being myself.
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I am your garden,
Cultivate me.
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Clear out all the doubt-weeds,
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For all the splendours of winter
Which accost the eye
With sparklings of white flaky
Frost-fairies lighting the sky,
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Face turning pale, her breath failed with a start.
Being half-loved had dissembled her heart.
Quietly subdued, yet inwardly weeping
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