AWAKEN O'SLUMBERING HEART
YOUR INSPIRATION APPROACHES
LIE DORMANT NOT, FOR NOW SHE IS NEAR
A WORD AND THOU ARE CAPTIVE, BOUND AND GAGGED
A HOSTAGE WITHIN AN INESCAPABLE PRISON
LOOK NOT IN HER EYES LEST YE BE SPELLBOUND
ENSLAVED BY EACH WORD THAT FALLS FROM HER LIPS
OH CURS-ED THIS BONDAGE THAT QUELLS MY EXISTENCE
SEVERE THY TOUNGE AND SPEAK NOT HER NAME
BLIND THY EYES AND SEE NOT HER BEAUTY
DEAFEN THY EARS AND HER NOT HER SONG
TEAR OUT THIS WRETCHED, TORMENTED HEART
FOR THEN I SHALL LOVE HER; NO MORE
brenjoe@rcn.com
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