Your words dropped into my heart like pebbles into a pool, br Rippling around my breast and leaving it melting cool. br br Your kisses fell sharp on my flesh like dawn-dews from the limb, br Of a fruit-filled lemon tree when the day is young and dim. br br But a silence vasty-deep, oh deeper than all these ties br Now, through the menacing miles, brooding between us lies. br br And more than the songs I sing, I await your written word, br To stir my fluent blood as never your presence stirred.