Saturday, 14 November 2026
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The First Letter

I Have No Palace

To Take Away Your Pain,

No Treasure

To Adorn Your Fingers

With Diamonds,

Jewels, Or Gold.

All I Have

Is A Verse Of Longing,

A Prayer Woven From Hope,

A Quiet Chain Of Prayers,

And A Love

That Grows In Silence

Within The Hidden Corners

Of My Soul.

If Every Night

The Moon Gives You Its Light,

Then I Wish To Become

That Light

The One That Steals The Darkness

From Your Path

If The Sun

Makes Your Beauty Shine,

Then Let Me Be The Ray,

That Falls Upon You,

Making Your Radiance Brighter,

Glowing You Gently

From Every Darkness,

The World May Bring

To Me,

You Are Not Merely Someone,

You Are An Entire Universe.

And This Heart

Is Not A Withered Flower

That Time Can Break

Like A Forgotten Promise,

No

Through Every Season,

Through Every Distance,

Through Every Passing Year,

This Heart Will Still Choose You.

Today,

Tomorrow,

And Even In The Tomorrow

Of A Yesterday Long Gone,

You Will Remain

At The End Of Every Prayer,

At The Beginning Of Every Hope,

And In The Final Word Of First

Letter Of My Love....