Love Poem by Jonathan Howard

Declared to you, my dear love
I never quite have done,
About my honest care for you, my dove,
It ends beyond the sun.

Oh, your caress is kind and sweet,
And so, to me you are
The fl agship of my love’s old, weary fl eet,
The Navigating Star.

Lost I was and you I found,
Oh, what a lovely time!
Vitally, my love’s profound,
Eyes’-sight on you does shine.

Your lovely locks of chocolate long,
Are lovingly defi ned,
No gaze at you won’t look as if it’s wrong…
Keys you hold, yes, to my soul,
I wish you were just mine.

And eyes you have, so deep, profound,
Oh, lots of love found there;
Why near you I’m so safe and sound,
I’ll never go again, my dame,
From you, anywhere!

(Winter 2004-2005.)