When I Think of You by Marie Sennit (english readers .TXT) 📕

When I think of you I picture your smile,
The one that lights up your face
With self assurance and content,
The one that puts all worries in their place.

When I watch you standing by the window,
Gazing down on the city as it rushes by,
I wonder how everyone can walk past
And not want to look up and catch your eye.

When I hear you talking your voice arrests
All my thoughts, so that I'm forced
To stumble through oceans of words
As my tongue is rendered clumsy and coarse.

When I'm sitting close to you my hands tremble
At the thought of reaching out
To softly stroke against your cheek,
And brush away every last trace of doubt.

When you're not there and I can be myself
I cannot think and feel dull;
Perhaps I don't know myself now
Without you to break the new found lull.

When I think of you, my heart must smile
With joy that lights up my face
With reassurance and content,
And love that puts all worries in their place.

Publication Date: 08-21-2011

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