Sonnet Xiii
As Eve from Adam came, so I from thee;
I, flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone,
of all creation made to be your own,
soul of your very soul eternally.
We are joined by bonds of love, I and thee,
bonds which hold me close to you though alone.
I am engraved upon your heart; and stone,
by chisel and by hammer hewn, indeed,
could not hold my name as surely as thine
heart does. Though wild the winds of time may beat,
your love shall prove my birth, how truly thine
I am. Storm fade stones and thus defeat
the purpose of their words, but line on line,
my soul from yours none can ever delete.
Copyright, 1987
Faye Lanham Gibson
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