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Defining Grace

The Defining Grace

Who am I
Without you?
What am I
Without you?
Your smile
Your style
your serenity
Your speech
Your silence
The defining grace.
Those delicious eyes
Set my heart
On a calming beat.

Your tolerance
Impacts my impulses,
My illogical ways.
Your looks, your arms
The shackles I long for
To be bound forever.
Your love, your mind,
Your power absolute
Drench me, quench me.

Your gait, your gentleness
Captivating, tantalizing
Me and all those who come
By your path, or whose path
You cross.
You are my strength
My supplement
The very sap
That lets me live
That makes me, me.

And when I go,
I go with my arms
Wrapped around
You, my face buried
In your lap, with your
Love subsuming my body,
my spirit, and my soul
God as our witness.

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