LOVE NEED MERELY APPEAR

All the years,

Hunting years,

Seeking years,

Tearful haunting,

Taunting,

Lost lonely years.

Yet, even this

Earthly Hell,

Can be ended,

Tears and time's wounds

Mended,

Love need not conquer,

Merely appear.

Mending hands,

Soothing words,

Touches and kisses,

Freely given

Heal all.

• Donovan Baldwin