I have a clock within me (Call it a heart if you will) That tells me the time of timeless things Beyond any skill. That tells me how you will lift your head, Just as you turn a page, And say to me, "I love you!" Words that never age. Or how you will rise rapturously And do some tender thing That makes love seem as wonderful As a desert spring. I have a clock whose beating Rounds ever toward some chime Of harmonies between us That heal the hurts of time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DORA WILLIAMS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE FIDDLING WOOD by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY LITTLE ONE' by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MAN TO BE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO BAYARD TAYLOR by SIDNEY LANIER READING WHITMAN IN A TOILET STALL by TIMOTHY LIU |