Longing                          July 9th/ 32

Why must my heart in silent plight

Wonder and wait for the break of day?

[in pencil] (When will it break the chains of night)

When will I find release from the night

[in pencil]  (To bask in the dawn of loves' new day)

To revel my being in Loves' bright way?

1. When will I feel your arms again?

The warmth of your breath upon my cheek?

The kindling eyes that smiled and told

So many things you failed to speak?

2. Let me feel your strong embrace,

The pressure of firm lips on mine,

The drunken ecstasy that comes

To drench my heart in lover's wine.

3. Hold me close and let me feel

Once more the beat of your heart on my breast

Let me know the sweet repose

That soothes my longing soul to rest.

              Query

4. Why must my heart in silent plight

Wonder and wait for the break of day?

When will it break the chains of night

To bask in the dawn of Loves' New Day?

                                                          Dorothy Smith

                                                          July 9-32

                                                          Salt Lake City

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                                   Gratification

Give me an evening

With a wild grey sky

A flash of lightning

And the wind whistling by.

I'll mount my steed

And go flying away.

To the land of the nomads

Far, far away.

Give me an evening

When moaning rain

Sings pitta-pat

On my window pain.

I'll sit alone

By the hearthside's glow

And count the memories

Of long ago.

Give me an evening

In mid July

With a soft moon hung

In a calm starry sky.

I'll sit and dream

'Neath a willow tree

Of love in a cottage

For you and me.

Give me an evening

To spend with you

In a cozy nook

Just made for two.

I'd find the joy

Of love's retreat

Heav'n in your arms

The world at my feet.

We'd sing together

 Loves' glad song,

As together we sailed

Life's highway along. 

                                               Dorothy Smith

                                                July 9/32

                                                S.L.C.  Utah