Love Poem: Long Have I Yearned
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Written by: Paula Swanson

Long Have I Yearned

Long have I yearned for you. 
The feel of your arms around me. 
You bodies heat seeping into mine. 
It is a thirst that will not be quenched. 
To have you for just one night, 
that it might slake my fevered need, 
I fear would be as putting oil on a fire.