I ask for nothing yet you give me all I need
Could this be what the sages meant when they spoke of love
Perhaps like the roses thorny prick doth bleed
Nary tainting the snow white of the purest dove
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Were I ever to beg my darling, of you my pardon
I doubt you not that forgiveness would be mine
Assured that your heart would not surely harden
This–I take to my heart as a sign
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The gift you offer out of nothing but passion
I hold close, clutching it tightly to my still heaving breast
Through these long centuries it has never left fashion
On my knees before God to you my love I confessed
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All this–I pray that I have not taken for granted
For your love I cherish that may ne’er be supplanted
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Dom DiFrancesco 
I loveth this! You doth maketh me smile:)
You are most welcome my fair maiden, I am most glad. :)
Lovely as always and the love is felt very deeply.
Thank you very much and sorry for the delay in responding, I’ve been away on vacation.
You are welcome. I hope you had a great vacation and your muse will be rejuvenated {smiles}
I hope so, its a little tough to get started up again, but it will come. Thanks again.
I find reading some posts here and there tickle my muse sometimes and she gets inspired.
The same here, I get a lot of inspiration reading posts from others although sometimes nothing seems to work until I get what little mind I have left straight. :)
Well, all that you DO get straight is lovely.
A gorgeous sonnet my friend :-)
Thank so much Roxi. :)
You’re brilliant at rhythmn and rhyme!
Thank you Gilly and I’m sorry for taking so long to respond, I took a bit of a vacation.
Hi! :) I used to be thenerdyscribe hope all is well! Great poetry, will try and read more when I get a chance :)
Hello Wood nymph butterfly, formerly known as thenerdyscribe, I was wondering where you had gone. Thank you for getting back in contact so that I follow you again. I have been fine and hope you have been doing well also, thank you for asking. I look forward to reading your posts again as I always enjoyed them. Talk to you soon my friend. :)