If You're Ever Going to Love Me
If you're ever going to love me love me now, while I can know
All the sweet and tender feelings which from real affection flow.
Love me now, while I am living; do not wait till I am gone
And then chisel it in marble — warm love words on ice-cold stone.
If you've dear, sweet thoughts about me, why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know 'twould make me happy and as glad as glad could be?
If you wait till I am sleeping, ne'er to waken here again,
There'll be walls of earth between us and I couldn't hear you then.
If you knew someone was thirsting for a drop of water sweet
Would you be so slow to bring it? Would you step with laggard feet?
There are tender hearts all round us who are thirsting for our love;
Why withhold from them what nature makes them crave all else above?
I won't need your kind caresses when the grass grows o'er my face;
I won't crave your love or kisses in my last low resting place.
So, then, if you love me any, if it's but a little bit,
Let me know it now while living; I can own and treasure it.
All the sweet and tender feelings which from real affection flow.
Love me now, while I am living; do not wait till I am gone
And then chisel it in marble — warm love words on ice-cold stone.
If you've dear, sweet thoughts about me, why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know 'twould make me happy and as glad as glad could be?
If you wait till I am sleeping, ne'er to waken here again,
There'll be walls of earth between us and I couldn't hear you then.
If you knew someone was thirsting for a drop of water sweet
Would you be so slow to bring it? Would you step with laggard feet?
There are tender hearts all round us who are thirsting for our love;
Why withhold from them what nature makes them crave all else above?
I won't need your kind caresses when the grass grows o'er my face;
I won't crave your love or kisses in my last low resting place.
So, then, if you love me any, if it's but a little bit,
Let me know it now while living; I can own and treasure it.
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I love this poem. It captures
I love this poem. It captures the true essence of what love is all about - spoken and expressed in ways that the recipient can appreciate. Unfortunately, a lot of us waste very precious time in letting our loved ones know how precious they are to us. And oftimes, the moment passes us by and we live with a regret that never goes away.
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Touched me to the core....!
Touched me to the core....!
Sunaina
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I love this poem! The rich
I love this poem! The rich visual imagery the writer creates with the words makes me laugh and makes me whole-heartedly agree!
Darlene
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You take pause. It caused me
You take pause. It caused me to take reflection of my own words.
Carol Larochelle
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Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Lizzy R.
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Beautiful poem! Touches the
Beautiful poem! Touches the soul.
Jacqui S.
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When was this uploaded? And
When was this uploaded? And by an anonymous. My girlfriend gave me the same poem back in 2013
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