The Poetry Corner

Am I with you, or you with me?

By Arthur Hugh Clough

Am I with you, or you with me? Or in some blessed place above, Where neither lands divide nor sea, Are we united in our love? Oft while in longing here I lie, That wasting ever still endures; My soul out from me seems to fly, And half-way, somewhere, meet with yours. Somewhere, but where I cannot guess, Beyond, may be, the bound of space, The liberated spirits press And meet, bless heaven, and embrace. It seems not either here nor there, Somewhere between us up above, A region of a clearer air, The dwelling of a purer love.