First Pains

By: Rachael Howard

bleeding heart
turning always toward you
longing and loving
to be by your side

keep not from me
tell me of your desire
pouring and spilling
your secret thought

wandering mind
think you of me, too?
or elsewhere seeking?
my eternal question

sweetly touching
you have found the deepest
kissing and blessing
every inch

searching light
learning to guide the heart
faithless and faithful
to this love

patient answer
somewhere begging to be found
unseen and unheard
still i search