Darkly wrapping ourselves in lonliness,
Withdrawing inside a wearisome heart
In no way prepares our life in readiness
To encounter the time when true love can start.
Awaiting the flowering of breathtaking
Emotion like love needs a heart gently warmed
With expectancy, softened by making
A habit of kindness, thus will be formed
No unrealistic, self-serving dreams,
But gentle sufficiency, growing until
Another, one day, awakens the gleams
Of a future awaiting, which will fulfil
Undreamed-of pleasures, real treasure of love
That after preparing, our hearts would approve.
Fay Slimm
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/awaiting-love-2/
