She hesitates
In stillness waits
Oh my soul
My weight's repose
Repeats about her head
Where my eye born blind
And breach and inward bound        
Re-turns itself in you
Oh my soul

Dare I trepid
Sojourn nearer yet
Oh my soul
Dare soothe the pulse
Repeating in her breath         
Her thirsty lip grows parched         
My faint of face bends low
And begs upon your doorstep
Oh my soul

©2008 stephanie pope Shall I Then: The Lovesong of Echo and Narcissus