(Disclaimer: This is a soppy sad entry, if you don't like emotion, don't read it)
Let me share with you what I'm feeling today through the words of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
I am missing Luke today. He is away in NSW on camping/4WD'ing trip for the weekend and I am house sitting for him. Last night the house was quiet. It was dark and it was lonely. And all i could think about was the flooding in NSW right now. Where he is supposed to be. With no reception. I can't get in contact with him. And I miss him. It's an almost physical ache.
I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
naw :( I can give you a hug tonight.... won't be the same as Luke giving you a hug.... but it'll still be a hug! :)
ReplyDeleteaww thanks taz :)
ReplyDeleteI understand. I really do! I hope he is ok!!
ReplyDeleteHe was A.OK. He was flooded in the Sunday morning, but they waited a while and drove out (The 4WD finally came in handy ;P ) And he called me on the way home :)
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