wildest wishes

I found this picture on Flickr and it so touched my heart that I had to post it here. The author unknown...

WILDEST WISHES

I wish, because the sweetness of your passing

Makes all the earth a garden where you tread,

That I might be the meanest of your roses,

To pave your path with petals passion-red!

I wish, because the softness of your breathing

Stirs the white jasmine at your window frame,

That I might be the fragrance of a flower.

To stir the night breeze with your dearest name!

I wish, because the glory of your dreaming

Strews all the field of heaven with throbbing stars,

That I might storm the portals of your slumber,

And sore with you beyond night's golden bars!

I wish to be the day you die, Beloved,

Though at its close my foolish heart must break!

But most of all, I wish, my dearest darling,

To be the Blessed Morning when you wake!