Paul Hansford - Gifts

I gave you violets;
you gave me your smile.

I gave you elderflower wine;
you gave me wild strawberries.

I gave you a small brown bird
that hid in the shadows;
you gave me the nightingale
singing to the summer midnight.

I gave you my need;
you gave me your warmth
and almost-tears
and rainbows.

I gave you poems;
you gave me inspiration.

Paul Hansford

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