Seasons ----------------------- Did you send me the raindrops… drenched in their flowers… Winter, with its cold bloom; and the warm ache of love? Did your warm palms set me alight? Did I live nestled in your embraces, holding… their longings, misunderstood? Did I understand you through your smile? You gave me spring too, warm with fire— the blaze of your bright laughter! You gave me moments of flight in which I truly became alive! I was truly happy and beloved with your good heart beside me! I ran joyful with joy through our beautiful spring days! I burned with the scorching summer with you; our sun-bright meetings were lovely… I was happy with you, I was with you when you returned to me my warm hope! We held thousands of longings between us! We walked so many paths! We drank glasses brimming with yearning, and we lived as though in a fairy-tale! Flames ----------------------- Did I send you the raindrops… and all the breezes in the world? The river was foggy and longing, hungering for my love for you in the night! I gave you my burning palms, I warmed you with my heart, a gentle and tender smile— I gave it to you again, with love! Did I give you a soft spring?— Like the colours of trees, the smell of love, so many clouded flowers, like a spring sky painted with rainbows! I flew with my wings, I gave you countless suns, with spring rain I drenched you, I touched you with gentleness, with care. I ached with you in the scorching summer, I burned myself in the fire of love. It flew like a white flock upon the sea, the soul trembling true in love with you. Our autumn was ablaze with colour, like leaves torn loose by wind, and the birds flying far into the sky spoke of our seasons of love!
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