EMBRACE
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Nearly every moment of the day and night,
I find myself remembering, imagining,
How you feel in my arms.
And now, when I have just left you,
The memory is so vivid and intense
That it consumes me.
Your hair, smooth and silky under my rough hands,
Your skin, so warm and soft against my face.
The very thought leaves me trembling.

You are so small,
You feel so delicate in my careful embrace,
I am afraid to hold you too tightly.
Tighter, you say. Hold me tighter.
And I dare to do so.
And it is heavenly, sweeter than I ever dreamed.

The days, and even more so, the nights,
Will pass so very slowly until our next meeting.
And I will count every minute until then,
Until the moment our eyes meet,
And you rush toward me, into my arms,
And once again, I know the heaven
That is your embrace.