Your Answering Reply Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Resisting temptations, keeping shyly unto myself, not
wanting to reach out to anyone.

Feeling the nearness of an unconditional love vying
for my unrealized attention.

Going about my business as if there's nothing in life
for me to grasp onto.

Yet, your persistence keeps penetrating my conscious-
ness, wanting to prevail.

Touching this heart with the love you proclaim and
profess, many times quietly and to yourself.

Wondering if I will ever reach out to you, letting you
take my heart into your own.

Stop your wondering, for this moment has become your
answering reply now.

Here I am, yours only, you may take me wholly into your
self, I can no longer protest.

Your love has conquered all my fears and you have at
last won me as your own.