I Come To You With My Arms Open Wide
Leonard Dabydeen 1948 (New Amsterdam)
I come to you with my arms open wide,
I ask you to embrace me, lost and found;
I am so thrilled at seeing you, beside
I am delighted to know you are ‘round.
Oh, so many years have passed, but never
Did I lose your memory, thought of you
In proximity life as transponder
That I will see in this long journey through..
Now here I am, seeing my shining star,
I am elated at your glowing sight:
Lost for words, but overjoyed who you are -
So beautiful as full moon at midnight.
I chant your name in solemn devotion;
Finding you, my greatest satisfaction.
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Submitted on April 14, 2021
Modified on March 27, 2023
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| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 542 |
| Words | 107 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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