I HAVE BEGGED FOR YOU, YES
...MORE THAN ONCE.
HAVING GONE TOO LONG WITHOUT YOU...
I HAVE FALLEN TO MY KNEES
IN A SACRIFICE OF PRIDE.

SO REGAL, YOU ARE WORSHIPPED
...AND I HAVE EVEN DANCED FOR YOU
TO THE MUSIC OF YOUR SOUL
SEARCHING IN VAIN FOR LYRICS
WORTHY OF YOUR RHYTHM.

YOU HAVE BEEN SENT FROM THE HEAVENS
FOR THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU.
I DID NOT BOW MY HEAD AND FOLD MY HANDS
IN SILENT MEDITATION.
INSTEAD...
I STRETCHED MY ARMS AND RAISED MY VOICE
FOR THERE IS NO SHAME IN ASKING
FOR THAT WHICH RELEASES ME.

ONCE...I SAW YOU...FELT YOU
...COMING.
I LAID UPON THE EARTH
AND I OPENED MYSELF.
YOU FELL INTO ME AND I DRANK YOU.
THE WARMTH AND THE WETNESS
...A LIQUID CARESS OF THE SENSES.

YOU HAVE COME AND GONE MANY TIMES.
SO UNPREDICTABLE YET ALWAYS WELCOME.

...RAIN.




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