Love

One time again to watch a star undress 
And burn beyond a charcoal sky. One time 
To watch the last leaf fall in arched distress: 
Back breaking and wind willing it to climb 
To reattach and never sink again. 
One time again to trace the petals red 
Of the loneliest rose amid the weeds 
And pick the bud out from its thorny bed 
To glimpse the bloom recoil and slowly bleed. 
Just one more time to sense the falling rain 
Hit my skin: seep and sit, run, sprint and slump 
As if to join around my limbs would raise 
Me up to heavenly heights if I would jump. 
One more to feel the dawn’s first blazing rays 
If I could have, for every time besides 
These seconds here, Him with me by my side.

One Time Again