Mere Happiness Is Not the Song I'm Singing

Music: Fantasia 1. By Valentinus Bakfark. Sequenced by M. Behr at Kunst der Fuge.

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Mere happiness is not the song I'm singing: Of mothers' joy a jagged piece is pain. To love is to be amply burdened, bringing Hearts with gifts to an uncharted plain. Even so, one longs to be a mother, Remembering a richness unreserved 'Ere one could barely recognize another, Sustained by love unsought and undeserved. Deeper than oneself is one's communion, A revelation reached alone by union Yet yearned for, though through years of love well served. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.