“I Am Not Yours "

I AM not yours, not lost in you,
     Not lost, altho’ I long to be
  Lost as a candle lit at noon,
     Lost as a snow-flake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
     A spirit beautiful and bright,
  Yet I am I, who long to be
     Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love—put out
     My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
  Swept by the tempest of your love,
     A taper in a rushing wind.