your voice

whisper softly gentle
in the night
don't let me go,
hold me tight --
touch my places,
hug my spaces,
snore me a tender lullaby --

please,
don't let this
be goodbye.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

I used to sing this song all the time as a teen. I was hooked on Juice Newton's lyrics. Still think they are some of the best ballads ever written.

[Coyote Poetry]

Very good music and powerful poetry. Love and emotion leave us on edges. We pray the love is true and forever. I like the want and the need of the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"touch my places...snore me a lullaby"

wow....this reminds me of how robin williams talked about his wife in Goodwill Hunting...

all those little flaws that he just loved about her....real love we don't ever want to lose.

[Lyn Anderson]

That is so nice, thank you.

[Jon Roggie]

Lovely, and a feeling easy to relate.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much I appreciate it

[MomzillaNC]

The longing -- for that only one who knows and still loves the hidden you and the fear of losing it -- exposed, laid bare in so few words.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, I like few words in most my works, which is funny, because in real life I never know when to shut up, lol.

[MomzillaNC]

I tend to the verbose as well… :D

[Rita L. Sev]

"...snore me a tender lullaby..." Such a sweet and intimate request, with such sad longing at the end... Beautiful writing, KL.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks a lot.

[Frieda P]

A wistful and tentative lullaby....

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes, and I am dragging all my song secrets out of the closet ...:)

[Frieda P]

I knew they were in there all along. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A lovely but desperate refrain that is a statement of intense longing.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah what can I say? I am in a sappy mood.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Keep it up it suits you!