I Want to Die While You Love Me

So I thought I'd share this with you..

A fav. poem of mine,

These verses seem so melancholy..

yet the invitation is serene,

I love it!!

By:Georgia Douglas Johnson

I want to die while you love me,
While yet you hold me fair,
While laughter lies upon my lips
And lights are in my hair.


I want to die while you love me,
And bear to that still bed,
Your kisses turbulent, unspent
To warm me when I’m dead.


I want to die while you love me
Oh, who would care to live
Till love has nothing more to ask
And nothing more to give!


I want to die while you love me
And never, never see
The glory of this perfect day
Grow dim or cease to be.