Don't Go! (Sonnet #99) Poem by Tina Baaklini

Don't go! Life without you is a jungle,
Different from that of animals, more harsh.
Animals show mercy; they are loyal.
People trample on others' wounds and scars.

Don't go! Don't you know I breathe through you
And that my heart beats from your tender heart?
Can't you see that my strength from you I pour
And that you're my beacon from which I can't part?

If you go, my heart would be left alone,
As a small island in the big ocean,
As an orphan child with no place to call home,
Longing for the warmth of your devotion.

Please stay, in my heart stay, it's yours, sweet love.
On a cloud let's sail, stray and sway above.

Copyright ©️ Tina Rizk