Tell Time to Pause

 Tell time to pause—

Just for a moment or two,

My beloved rests within my arms,

Breathing life into me anew.

Her warm breath has only just

Awakened the spark in my chest,

The moment I’ve waited for,

Longing, yearning, craving—blessed.

Tell time to pause—

Just for a fleeting while,

My beloved is in my arms,

And my heart begins to smile.

Let our pulses beat together,

Let his rhythm fill my veins,

Let love flow through me freely,

Unchained by worldly chains.

Tell time to pause—

Don’t let this moment slip,

For with her touch, the blood in me

Now races with each dip.

Centuries of silence in my skin

Now stir with sudden grace,

Her nearness gave my very soul

It's first true, sacred place.

Tell time to pause—

So I may live this truth,

That with her presence next to mine,

I’ve tasted love, I’ve tasted youth.

Who knows if this magic

Will ever come again?

Before my breath, my beat,

My blood returns to pain—

Tell time to pause—

Just for a moment more,

My beloved is in my arms,

And I am truly me—

Like never before.