This is a collection of poetry in which I have attempted to express the emotions in my heart for a love I have discovered in the Autumn of my life. A love so beautiful, so complete and yet came so late. Nonetheless it did not deter me from describing the many aspects of love, my feelings and experiences.

I dedicate this book of poems to:

Joe
my lover, my friend and my mentor
with heartfelt thanks for encouraging me to write my poetry; for showing me the beauty of the arts and culture that he enjoys; for sharing with me a part of himself that he's always kept hidden; for teaching me gratefulness and acceptance; for painstakingly introducing me to the beauty of physical love and all its sensations; for proving that total and complete communication between two souls, two individuals, of two different worlds and cultures is possible; for the tears that I have continuously shed eversince we met; for introducing me to a pain so intense, it had made me want to die so many times, and yet endured it to write this collection of poems; for showing me tenderness, but most of all for the love he has bestowed upon me !