Offering

 

“Love you” —

tender, caring, sincere words.

An offering —

hopeful, beautiful.

Pregnant words

given to another man

And overheard

by a longing heart.

 

“Love you” —

tender, caring, sincere words.

An offering —

hopeful, beautiful.

Pregnant words

a longing heart yearns to share with his Eve, (7)

Yet withholds —

for with contempt his gift would be refused.

 

William Mason

May 6, 2007

(7) “Eve” is derived from Hebrew (haya), and is recorded as the name given to Adam’s companion (Genesis 3:20); the name itself means life, the mother of life, the mother of all life, or the mother of all living, depending on the specific source used.