Anticipation

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Your love's the Muse to restless pens and lonely lips

An inspiration to the heart, the mind, the wits

A banquet's delights are savored in advance

Passion's poetry is an invitation to the dance

Lovers share a rhythmic unity spinning in the reel

At once a single shadow skips across the shade

Then breaking out as solo silhouettes are made

The rhythm like the tide immerses and reveals

Conflict, harmony and the textures that we feel

The dance in all its parts creates the perfect whole

Wanting flow, frames or touch, it craves the absent role

Thus separation's longing stimulates the will

Yet steady time gnaws patience unfulfilled

So partners in the wings await anxious for the chance

Life's most cherished offer to enter in the dance

Anticipation - The Courage of Intimacy by Keith Ainsworth                                                                                                                                                                        6