Another Paradise

Jaihoon likens love as a hive for the starving bee and water to the dying in these verses

Love me as much
Love me as such

As if we became the hive
For bees who for love starve

As if we were a book
For the ignorant to look

As if in the garden
Were flowers we alone

To the dying is dear
A handful of water

As I stand by your side
Or into the earth I fade

As if a lover
Differ not from a martyr

As if angels be jealous
Of your love zealous

As if the Lord has set aside
Another paradise for the loved

Hey the mercy-filled wine!
To drink is fortune only mine

Love me as if in the morrow
You can love no more

Sep 2 2009. Edit Feb 2024