I clasp you close and feel your arms entwine About my neck in sweet responsiveness. You rest against my heart—mine, wholly mine— For just the moment of one swift caress. And then I feel you slip away from me The @3you@1 of you, which goes, I know not where, And I am left caressing futilely The lovely self which you have ceased to wear. Where do you go? I sometimes think you hide Within another's heart. Then comes the fear That you have ceased to love me yet have tried To spare me pain of heart. But oh, my dear, If I have lost you, surely you must know It would be kinder far to tell me so. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLOWER BOAT by ROBERT FROST DUSK IN WAR TIME by SARA TEASDALE THE FLOWER OF BEAUTY by GEORGE DARLEY BATTLE SONG by EBENEZER ELLIOTT THE GOLD-SEEKERS by HAMLIN GARLAND THE CHURCH-PORCH by GEORGE HERBERT ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |