I Cannot Give Account

Written by: Robert Lindley

I Cannot Give Account

I Cannot Give Account

I can not give account of ways that I love you
For there’s no conscious thought to clothe the undefined
The boundless universe has left me not a clue
And so the vastness of my love stays unconfined

It is beyond the reaches of your searching mind
A feeling and belief that you are all I need
The end of this conviction you will never find
And fibers of my life on wonders of it feed

And so you rest in comfort and you are content
Though not a seasoned word I’ve uttered or expressed 
The knowledge of my love my eyes to you have sent
You feel it’s sovereign power on body I’ve caressed

There are no ways for me to show my depth of love
But rest assured that time will testify for me
Each day, each month, each year and life in heave’n above 
Will be the ways you long for through eternity

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Fate gifted us, drinking passion from its chalice, 
Waking flames serving first to increase our ardor; 
Summer, your sweet roses covered our great palace, 
This time away from your touch, became much harder. 

I look across this wind-blown majestic ocean, 
Mind turns to epic sadness of our parting hour; 
I begged then for distance erasing potion, 
I tried to remain your rock hard castle tower. 

The desperate, longing look- your beautiful face, 
Informing me the dire depths that you found this clutch; 
I reminded, you no distance, could our love erase, 
Or lessen my need to feel your soft, gentle touch. 

Last week, I sent you a love-soaked, tear-stained letter, 
Now, I board ship bringing me to my one true love; 
Reading my golden love sent, you will feel better, 
Not again, my love's touch, shall I deprive you of. 

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         Eileen Manassian & Robert J. Lindley
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I went looking for this poem on my home page here and I could not find it!
I remember posting it but maybe I did so at another poetry site, as my memory
fails me so often now. Here it is and thank God Eileen reminded me in her Blog comment to me about our one collaboration.