A Bearer of Her Grace

I would have held, enfolded you in love

Till time itself dissolved in nothingness

And the great stars fell from the vaults of space.

I would have kissed you with all tenderness

But I did not; with a steel-like self-control

I held back all the longing of my heart,

The years of sorrow empty and alone,

The hope that on this earth no more apart

To be, but know again lost happiness.

You are not of this world, beyond my view

Your soul leans low to bless me with its light

And helps me find a deeper faith anew.

O gentle spirit with your sweet embrace

I see in you a bearer of Her grace.