if it weren't for you
i wouldn't love as i do
you threw me a life-line
when i was in a distant universe
you brought me back to this world
nourishing me with love, tenderness, over-flowing
joy
if it weren't for you
i would have expired
in a dark, dismal hole
alone
in a vast emptyness
that should have been my heart
you gave me love
you restored my heart

you poured your very soul into mine
a spiritual transfusion, the most sacred ceremony
in the religion that is man