THAT I CAN GIVE

 

Take what I have that I can give

Don’t ask for moon or stars

Or diamond’s glint

Or gold

 

Take what I have that I can give

Don’t ask for endless bliss

Or a heart all yours

And true

 

Take what I have that I can give

The life I've torn away

From other lives

For you

            

Take what I have that I can give

The piece I keep for you

That small, bright shard

I've saved

 

Take what I have that I can give

The fire that burns inside

My longing need

My self

 

Take what I have, my love, that I can give –

The part that's yours

The part that makes me live.

 

 

                                                © John Ambury, 2009. All rights reserved.

 

(First published in Canadian Voices, Vol. 1.)