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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON YOUR TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY, by ADRIAN F. NADER
First Line: I think I knew, beloved
Last Line: Content together....
Subject(s): Maturity
First Line: I think I knew, beloved
Last Line: Content together....
Subject(s): Maturity
I think I knew, beloved,
The day that you were born.
Although I was not, yet
I think there came to me
Across the infinite reach
Of star-studded heavens
The sound of your first baby cry.
And, in my before-life existence,
I think I heard you, felt my need of you,
Vowed to search you out
When you and I had reached
Our full maturity...
This is the time, the place, beloved.
You have waited a quarter of a century,
I a few months less.
We have no need of further waiting,
You and I, no need of further search.
We have each other -- soon for life.
For life! For days and nights
Of sweet, warm closeness.
For months and years of hand-in-hand
Companionship. For an eternity
Of living side by side,
Content together....
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