Stay
Oh, stay with me for always love
though I may pull away,
or strike your cheek with brazen hand,
then tease you with my play.
Pledge your heart my cherished one,
though deeds do not deserve.
My words cry out from silent tongue.
Why have I lost my nerve?
Spare me tears from love’s lost nights
and lonely days, sun-spilled,
a flood of light could never quench
soul’s thirst, I live for still.
A need or want, I won't define
no scores I'd dare to keep,
for love’s own breath whispered in ear
can cause my heart to leap.
I pray mistakes of past won't cost
my love or morrow’s trust.
No roses bloom without the thorns;
no hearth warms without dust.
So if you go, my love from me
I’ll know it's all my fault.
To borrow time, I’ll beg and plead
‘til pounding heart does halt.
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