…I have heard you calling me

My beloved
I have heard you
calling me
calling me to you
from ancient times
candles burning
all the way
carving a path of light
that I might find you
no matter
where I strayed
you have always
been my love
my passion
and I know for you
that joy is found in me

I have caught
your dreams
and you
have captured mine
as they have come
cascading
down to thee
these flames of love
burning
like a funeral pyre
turning the last
of our old selves
to ashes

so all that remains
buried
amongst the embers
of our past
is you, my beloved
and me
lost in each other
in our heart’s abyss
where we dare to dream
and dare to love
to depths
that will endure
eternally
© Ann Bagnall
2013