I saw you kneel I see Grand ecstasy I give you my awards have you leave you will return to
to heal a boy
who dropped a toy
smithereens a laugh
when your blessing
was an invention
of love new to him
who instantly lost
attachments to pretentions
pretending to be brave, but
became heroic
to embrace you as angel
as did he
and this is
why I love you,
will share you
with the world
when you come home
to me alone
my affection tonight, but
I will gladly
in the morning, for
I am proud to be
a friend to the angel who will
wash the world with my happy tears
and I fear not because
the humble blessings
of me
—- Douglas Gilbert
(Henry Le Châtelier)