When (Sonnet #203) Poem by Tina Baaklini

When fresh morning breezes carress your face
When early birds awaken your spirit
When you look for a home in another place
Come into my heart, forever not a minute.

When all of a sudden your heart beats faster
When the wind whispers in your ear my name
When wherever you go you feel a stranger
Come into my heart, it's yours to claim.

When old chapels' bells softly start to sing
When flowers, trees, enraptured start to sway
When buds bloom in my heart as in spring
I know that in my heart you came to stay.

When the earth feels small and life hard to bear,
Paradise in your heart I found, pure love we share.

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