“I AM NOT YOURS "

I AM not yours, not lost in you,

Not lost, altho’ I long to be

Lost as a candle lit at noon,

Lost as a snow-flake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still

A spirit beautiful and bright,

Yet I am I, who long to be

Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love — put out

My senses, leave me deaf and blind,

Swept by the tempest of your love,

A taper in a rushing wind.