If I May Have It

by Emily Dickinson

If I may have it when it's dead
I will contented be;
If just as soon as breath is out
It shall belong to me,

Until they lock it in the grave,
'Tis bliss I cannot weigh,
For though they lock thee in the grave,
Myself can hold the key.

Think of it, lover! I and thee
Permitted face to face to be;
After a life, a death we'll say, -
For death was that, but this is thee.

Love, romance and relationship quotes for your soul

• 'No man is truly married
  until he understands
  every word his wife is NOT saying.'
  ~ Unknown
• 'I love you - those three words have my life in them.'
  ~ Alexandrea to Nicholas III
• 'Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.'
  ~ Boris Pasternak