Love's Vessel

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Long ago, in days past

A simple vessel you gave me

You filled it with love to last

And then you set me free

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Out into the world I flew

From love's secret castle

Far, far away did I fly from you

And with me I took that vessel

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Life offered me gifts plenty

I loved, laughed and cried

I learned to fall and rise mighty

As I left you behind

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But that vessel remained with me

And though often forgotten

It never ceased to be

Your love's magic begotten

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Treasures, a few, it saves

Inside its frail, clear glass

One tiny drop is all it takes

And I am whisked back to the past

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To the smell of your skin

As of sweet red wine

To a beating deep within

To your lips on mine

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To hands soft as velvet

On arms strong as vine

From a voice where clouds would melt

To that shiver down my spine

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And it never crossed my mind

I was too distracted to feel

That so frail a vessel could find

Such powerful, lasting will

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No, it never was so clear

That your simple, candid vessel

Kept you close all these years

Kept alive love's secret castle

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Of wizardry you had no notion

But somehow you conceived

A magical, powerful potion

That in me always lived

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Long ago, in days past

"With much love" you wrote to me

Knowing that it would forever last

Far beyond my blind flee

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For those words you wrote to me

Are the vessel I kept from thee

And that vessel was meant to be

Your arms wrapped tight around me

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Long ago, in days past

A simple man offered me

A tiny vessel, a precious flask

Filled with love and dreams to be

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Fairer words others might woo

Richer, cleverer or wiser

How could they ever compare to you?

They could not, never, ever

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For in your vessel, my love, I know

Love will last a thousand years

There your love will for ever grow

And wipe away all my tears

Para ti, P.