I’ve watched tigers, like flames
Mating in the long grass
I’ve been dive-bombed by an angry raven
Black and glossy as the devil’s hoof
I’ve lain in water warm as milk, soft as silk
While around me played a host of dolphin
I have met a thousand animals.
And seen a thousand wonderful things
All this I did without you
This was my loss
All this I want to do with you
This will be my gain
All this I would gladly have forgone
For the sake of one minute of your company
For your laugh, your voice, your eyes,
Hair, lips, body
And above all of your sweet ever surprising mind
Which is an enchanting quarry
In which it is my privilege to delve.
