The Many Splendoured One

To the One only

One glance to sweep

 all my sorrows away

one smile to reawaken

joy in my life

one word from the heart

to lift my spirits

one gesture that will be

my crutch in crippling days

One rose my many hued

garden to which

one colour if you care to add

 I will paint

 a rainbow.

All these I will preserve

 deep in the core of my being

hidden from the prying eyes

of the world and wait

for that one drop of nectar
 from your lips

to quench the thirst

of my parched soul.

 One spark of your glory
will bathe life in the light of infinite stars

and I will venture

from captivity to freedom.

Having seen you within myself
 I shall sail to a safe haven
as your effulgence
lights my  path over choppy waters.