I wake and find myself in love:
And this one time I do not doubt.
I only fear, and wander out
To hold a long parley with a dove,
The innocent and the guilty, met
Here in the garden, feel no fear.
But I’m afraid of you, my dear.
There was a reason: I forget.
And I by shyness am undone
And can’t go out for fear I meet
My poems dancing down the street
Telling your name to everyone.