Because of You

I miss you...as the sky with no stars. I miss you...as the babbling brook of shores afar. I need you...as the rose which needs the rain. I need you...as winters tears which cause so much pain. I love you...as self which seeks always life. I love you...as awakening pain is to strife. I give you...all of me as the river which sings. I give you... all of me as that which beauty doth bring. I bleed for you...as the ravished thorn. I bleed for you...as the soul weary and worn. I die for you...because therein is love. I die for you...because you shine from up above.