When I Awaken

for Franziska

The pain in my side when I awaken
At first surprising then remembered for
The rib by which my lover was taken
The missing part of me which makes me more
Asks if pain and pleasure are mistaken
For each other in my sojourning here
Or if they are in fact one and the same
If the always far is the always near
And if Franziska might just be her name

My heart is broken but my soul can fly
And soar on love over above it all
My broken wings bandaged embrace the sky
To rise again the autumn of my fall
Where lost paradise beckons to believe
At last I am ready to love again
To share with Franziska pleasure and pain
To be with her as Adam to her Eve
With love at my side when I awaken

+Steven Curtis Lance



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